Matthew Fitzpatrick has been named in the Antrim starting 15 to face Donegal in their Ulster SFC quarter-final clash in Ballybofey on Sunday.

The St John's player was set to miss the Saffrons' provincial opener after being hit with a 48-week ban on Monday night for giving false evidence at a hearing (initially given a one-week ban for his alleged involvement in an incident at the end of the county's league defeat to Armagh in March).

However, Fitzpatrick, who has been selected at centre-forward for the showdown with the Tir Chonaill men, had his hefty suspension overturned following a successful appeal on Wednesday night.

Joint-bosses Gearoid Adams and Frank Fitzsimons have included a mix of youth and experience in their side but team-captain James Laverty is a notable absentee through injury.

Antrim (Ulster SFC v Donegal): Chris Kerr; Peter Healy, Patrick Gallagher, Conor Hamill; Paddy McBride, Paddy McAleer, Sean McVeigh; Declan Lynch, Stephen Beatty; Ruairi McCann, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Mark Sweeney; CJ McGourty, Brendan Bradley, Tomas McCann.

Subs: Andrew Hasson, Kevin O'Boyle, Niall Delargy, Odhran Eastwood, Domhnall Nugent, Jack Dowling, Conor Small, Stephen Tierney, Eunan Walsh, Seamus McGarry, Pat Brannigan.

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