Donaghy will lead Kerry

GAA: Meanwhile, Kieran Donaghy will captain the Kerry team to face Dublin in Saturday’s Allianz Football League opener at Croke…

GAA:Meanwhile, Kieran Donaghy will captain the Kerry team to face Dublin in Saturday's Allianz Football League opener at Croke Park, a rematch of last year's All-Ireland final.

With 2012 captain Colm Cooper unavailable due to club commitments – along with Eoin Brosnan and Kieran O’Leary – Donaghy will wear the captain’s armband in the full forward line, alongside newcomer James O’Donoghue, and Barry John Keane.

Marc and Tomás Ó Sé feature as part of a relatively familiar defence, although Brian Maguire gets his chance at wing back, while Paul Galvin will start in the half-forward line alongside Darran O’Sullivan and Seán O’Sullivan, who came out of retirement this year to rejoin the county set-up.

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has lost the services of young forward Mark McHugh for their League opener against Down on Saturday night. McHugh has been ruled out with an abductor muscle injury.

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KERRY (SF v Dublin): B Kealy; S Enright, M Ó Sé, P Crowley; T Ó Sé, K Young, B Maguire; S Scanlon, B Sheehan; P Galvin, D O’Sullivan, S O’Sullivan; J O’Donoghue, K Donaghy (capt), BJ Keane.