Team news: O'Hare fit to start

June 24, 2016

Down's Donal O'Hare ©INPHO/Donall Farmer

Donal O'Hare is fit to start for Down in their All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Round 1B clash against Longford at Pairc Esler tomorrow.

O'Hare was left out of Eamonn Burns' starting fifteen that lined out in the heavy nineteen-point Ulster quarter-final defeat to Monaghan earlier this month due to injury.

However, the Burren attacker gets the nod to wear the number fourteen jersey ahead of Connaire Harrison for the Mourne men's home encounter with the midlanders.

Elsewhere, Marc Reid fills in between the posts for Stephen Kane who recently got married, while there is a starting berth for Ryan Mallon at right half-forward.

Down (SFC v Longford): Marc Reid; Conaill McGovern, Gerard McGovern, Darren O'Hagan; David McKibbin, Aidan Carr, Darragh O'Hanlon; Peter Turley, Kevin McKernan; Ryan Mallon, Mark Poland, Joe Murphy; Conor Maginn, Donal O'Hare, Barry O'Hagan.


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