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Down players named of Ulster inter-provincial squads

Friday 9th December 2016

Ulster team managers Pete McGrath (Down) and Terence McNaughton (Antrim) have announced their squads for their inter-provincial semi-finals against Munster on Sunday.

McGrath’s 24-man football panel consists of seven players from Mickey Harte’s Tyrone squad, with Fermanagh having six and Armagh and Down each having three. Down's Darren O’Hagan, Ryan Johnston, and Gerard McGovern make the squad.

Cavan and Antrim each have two on the panel, while Enda Lynn is Derry’s only representative.

To no surprise, Antrim dominate McNaughton’s hurling pick with 10 players on the squad, with Down boasting six members and Armagh having four. The Down players consist of John McManus, Caolan Taggart, Danny Toner, Conor Woods, Stephen Keith, and Conor O’Prey (Down)

The football clash on Sunday takes place at Parnell Park at 2.00pm, with Semple Stadium in Thurles set to host the hurling showdown between north and south at 1.45pm.

Ulster inter-provincial football squad: Kevin Niblock (Antrim), Niall McKeever (Antrim), Tony Kernan (Armagh), Charlie Vernon (Armagh), Killian Clarke (Cavan), Conor Moynagh (Cavan), Enda Lynn (Derry), Darren O’Hagan (Down), Ryan Johnston (Down), Gerard McGovern (Down), Aiden Breen (Fermanagh), Michael Jones (Fermanagh), Tomas Corrigan (Fermanagh), Chris Snow (Fermanagh), Eoin Donnelly (Fermanagh, Captain), Declan McCusker (Fermanagh), Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone), Tiernan McCann (Tyrone), Niall Morgan (Tyrone), Conor McAliskey (Tyrone), Niall Sludden (Tyrone), Peter Harte (Tyrone), Mark Bradley (Tyrone).

Ulster inter-provincial hurling squad: Neal McAuley (Antrim), Simon McCrory (Antrim), Chrisy O’Connell (Antrim), Niall McKenna (Antrim), Paddy Burke (Antrim), Eoghan Campbell (Antrim), Ciaran Clark (Antrim), Ciaran Johnston (Antrim), Conor Johnston (Antrim), John Dillion (Antrim), John Corvan (Armagh), Connor Devlin (Armagh), Stephen Renaghan (Armagh), Conor Corvan (Armagh), Alan Grant (Derry), Oisin McCloskey (Derry), John McManus (Down), Caolan Taggart (Down) Danny Toner (Down), Conor Woods (Down), Stephen Keith (Down), Conor O’Prey (Down), Danny Cullen (Donegal).

 

Due to the funeral of Ulster GAA Secretary, Danny Murphy, the Ulster v Munster GAA Football inter-provincial semi-final will now take place on Sunday, 11 December in Parnell Park at 2.00pm.

The Ulster v Munster GAA Hurling inter-provincial semi-final will take on Sunday in Thurles at 1.45pm.