Derry boost as Lockhart is available

Derry will have Sean Marty Lockhart available for their high-profile NFL Division 1B clash with Ulster rivals Armagh on Sunday…

Derry will have Sean Marty Lockhart available for their high-profile NFL Division 1B clash with Ulster rivals Armagh on Sunday.

The star defender missed the win over Kildare last time to be present at his son’s birth.

Armagh manager Joe Kernan has slight concerns over Oisin McConville, Francie Bellew and Stephen Kernan who are all carrying knocks from the comprehensive win over Galway.

Donegal have Colm McFadden fit for the trip to London.  He will, in fact, make his seasonal debut as do Barry Dunnion, Neil Gallagher, Rory Kavanagh.

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Larry Reilly will start for the first time this year when Cavan tackle out-of-sorts Sligo at Markievicz Park.

Fit again following surgery, Reilly is among the half forwards from the start having appeared off the bench against Louth, Wicklow and Tipperary earlier in the campaign.

Limerick manager Mickey Ned O’Sullivan resists tinkering with his side and keeps faith with the team that beat Carlow last time out ahead of this weekend’s clash with Clare.

In hurling, Tipperary make no less than seven changes from the side that lost to Kilkenny for Sunday’s league clash with Antrim in Cushendall.

Michael Ryan from Moneygall makes his league debut at corner-back while Declan Fanning moves to centre-forward.

Eamonn Corcoran, Diarmaid Fitzgerald, Liam England, John Carroll and Darragh Egan all come in to the side while Micheal Webster makes a welcome return from injury to line out at full-forward.

Galway wont select their team to face Laois on Saturday until tomorrow night but manager Conor Hayes must plan without Kevin Broderick who has a broken thumb and will be out for several weeks.

Limerick boss Joe McKenna makes three changes from the side that beat Galway last time out ahead of Sunday’s high-profile clash with Kilkenny.

Stephen Lucey is in at centre forward while Conor Fitzgerald slots in alongside him at left half forward.  Brian Geary is named at centre back.

Denis Moloney, Neil Collins and Niall Moran are the unlucky trio who drop to the bench.

Donegal (SF v London): P Durcan, T Donoghue, E McGee, K Lacey, B Dunnion, B Monaghan, D Diver, N Gallagher, S McDermott, C Toye, C Bonner, R Kavanagh, C McFadden, J Gallagher, M Doherty.

Cavan (SF v Sligo): J Reilly; C Collins, M Hannon, P O'Reilly; A Gaynor, A Forde, M Brides; N Walsh, M Brennan; F Reilly, S Brady, L Reilly; J Reilly, E Reilly, S Johnston.

Limerick (SH v Kilkenny): B Murray; D Reale, TJ Ryan, M Foley; O Moran, B Geary, M O'Riordan; P O'Grady, D O'Grady; M O'Brien, S Lucey, C Fitzgerald; A O'Shaughnessy, B Begley, M Keane.

Limerick (SF v Clare): S Kiely; S Gallagher, J McCarthy, P Browne; C Mullane, D Reidy, S Lavin; J Galvin, J Stokes; P Ahern, T Carroll, S Buckley; M Crowley, J Murphy, M Reidy.

Tipperary (SH v Antrim): B Cummins; P Curran, P Maher, M Ryan; E Corcoran, C O'Mahoney, D Fitzgerald; C Morrissey, L England; J Carroll, D Fanning, B Dunne; J O'Brien, M Webster, D Egan