McEniff selects strong Ulster team
Ulster manager Brian McEniff has selected his strongest possible line-up - given injuries and club commitments - for tomorrow's M Donnelly Interprovincial football semi-final against Connacht at Ballybofey, throw-in 8pm.
Antrim are the only county not represented in an Ulster starting team that includes four players from Ulster championship runners-up Monaghan, two each from Cavan, Derry, Donegal and 2007 champions Tyrone and one each from Fermanagh, Down and Armagh.
The Ulster attack, minus Stephen O'Neill and Benny Coulter due to injury, still boasts considerable talent in the form of Sean Cavanagh, Paul Finlay, Tommy Freeman and Enda Muldoon.
The province's defence also looks impressive with Barry Owens, Kevin McCloy and Karl Lacey forming the full-back line.
Muldoon's Derry team-mate Paddy Bradley is unavailable due to this weekend's Derry SFC final replay between Glenullin and Bellaghy, while Armagh star Steven McDonnell is attending a wedding.
Ulster have not won the Interpro football title since 2004, but with last year's winners Leinster knocked out by Munster last weekend, McEniff's charges will fancy their chances of winning through to the tomorrow week's final and tasting success under the floodlights at Croke Park.
The Ulster side, captained this time by Tyrone's Conor Gormley, lost 2-13 to 2-10 to eventual champions Leinster in a tight semi-final at Breffni Park twelve months ago.
ULSTER: J Reilly (Cavan); B Owens (Fermanagh), K McCloy (Derry), K Lacey (Donegal); A Kernan (Armagh), C Gormley (Tyrone) (capt), K Cassidy (Donegal); E Lennon (Monaghan), D Gordon (Down); D Clerkin (Monaghan), S Cavanagh (Tyrone), P Finlay (Monaghan); T Freeman (Monaghan), G Pierson (Cavan), E Muldoon (Derry).
Substitutes: P Durkan (Donegal), S Goan (Fernmanagh), C McKeever (Armagh), B Monaghan (Donegal), D Freeman (Monaghan), C Toye (Donegal), J Crozier (Antrim), C McFadden (Donegal), A Rogers (Down).
