Hurlers hope to ‘Erne’ final spot
24.06.10
by Harry Walsh, for Inishowen
Independent
DONEGAL hurlers travel to Omagh on Saturday afternoon to
take on Fermanagh in the semi final of the Lory Meagher
Cup - throw-in 1.30pm.
Team manager Andrew Wallace, who named his team after
training last Monday evening, has made two changes to
the team which defeated Warwickshire last time out with
Danny Cullen (Setanta) and Steven Boyle (Buncrana)
coming in for Eugene Orgen and Sean McVeagh, both St
Eunan’s.
“The lads are just seventy minutes away from Croke Park.
That should be incentive enough for any player,” Wallace
said.
“We did one hour’s physical work with Tyrone’s John
Lynch followed by an hour of stickwork on Sunday while
Antrim coach George O’Kane took the lads for an hour’s
stickwork on Monday. I named the team after training on
Monday and they’ve been given the rest of the week off
so they should all be fresh come Saturday,” Wallace
said.
“We crammed a lot of stuff into those two days. We’ve
the stickwork done and the lads are all fit. Now it all
depends on how they perform on the day. Fermanagh play
in the league below us but if we don’t give them the
respect they deserve on Saturday afternoon we could be
in for a rude awakening,” he warned.
Beaten by a point in the final against Tyrone twelve
months ago, Wallace and his players would dearly love
another day out at Croke Park where they would play the
winners of the Longford verses Leitrim semi final.
“There’s no point looking beyond Saturday’s game but,
yes, it would be nice to get back to Croke Park. It’s
now up to how we perform on the day.”
Donegal v Fermanagh: Paul O’Brien; Mark Patton, Colm
Breathnach, Justin McGhee; Jamsie Donnelly, Joe Boyle,
Barry Friel; Ardal McDermott, Mickey McCann; Niall
Campbell, Enda McDermott, Steven Boyle; Lee Henderson,
Danny Cullen, Michael McGhee. |
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