Tyrone chief vows to oppose any McKenna Cup sanctions

MICKEY HARTE will vigorously oppose any move by the Ulster Council to penalise Tyrone for including two college players in their McKenna Cup winning team against Monaghan at the weekend.

Regretting that the County Board hadn’t lodged an objection to the earlier Council decision to ‘dock’ them two points for playing four colleges players against Derry, Harte made it clear that he would contest any challenge to their winning of the competition.

The Tyrone manager also insisted that the public spat over the Board Chairman’s criticism of the GPA would not impact in any way on the team. Their next outing is against Cork under lights in Pairc Uí Rinn on Saturday in the third round of the Allianz League.