Kerry injuries, Galway reaction and Mayo-Donegal icons depart.
This is a challenging time for the Division 1, Munster and All-Ireland champions. They have injuries, retirements and players resting following the end of their club campaigns to contend with.
O’Connor revealed this week that only five of last year’s starting team in the All-Ireland final are set to be available for their league opener against Donegal this weekend. Diarmuid O’Connor, Paul Geaney and Seán O’Shea among those who are nursing injuries. After earning promotion last year, they will begin life in the top flight with a trip to MacHale Park for a clash with Mayo. However, they will go into that tie on the back of the unfortunate news that All-Star defender Liam Silke will not be available for the season as he is staying in New Zealand for work purposes.
And with the potential for a replay between Glen and Kilmacud Crokes still undetermined, Galway could be without the services of Shane Walsh for a spell too.3. New managers filling vacancies in the top-tier jobs Added to that was the controversy surrounding Tyrone’s fiery exchanges with Armagh at the end of their second-round tie in February, which produced five red cards in injury time.
Dan Sheridan / INPHO Rian O'Neill during Armagh's All-Ireland quarter-final against Galway. Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHONations Analysis Get Murray Kinsella’s exclusive analysis of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign this springArmagh’s chances of reaching an All-Ireland semi-final was decided by a penalty shootout last year. And Galway’s supremacy from the resultant spot-kicks ended the Orchard County’s involvement in the championship.
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