Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy won't be joining Aidan O'Mahony in announcing their inter-county retirements.
That's according to teammate Donnchadh Walsh, who expects the forward duo to continue on for the 2017 season.
“They’re definitely back as far as I can see," he told RTÉ Sport at the launch of the 2017 Allianz Football League. “You don’t like that uncertainty so it is a good boost, yeah."
O'Mahony called time on his 14-year Kingdom career yesterday, while fellow veteran Marc O'Se announced his retirement late last year.
Walsh says those decisions mean he'll take more of a leadership role this year as a result.
“That just naturally happens every year that you’re there, you develop more experience,” Walsh said. “I do see myself as becoming more of a leader inside in the dressing room every year. That’s a natural progression.
“That’s the culture Eamonn Fitzmaurice would have developed with the squad.”