McManus steps up for Antrim debut

LAST season’s minor captain Neil McManus makes his Antrim senior debut in the Allianz NHL clash with Dublin at Casement Park on Sunday.

McManus is chosen at centre-forward with Kieran Kelly coming in at full-back to replace James McKeague and Kevin Elliott taking over from Kevin Herron at left half-back.

Shane Dooley, son of former great Joe, has been ruled out of the Offaly side for their game with Down at Birr on Sunday.

The promising young forward broke a finger playing for Athlone IT in the Fitzgibbon Cup earlier in the week.

The Offaly team to meet Longford in the quarter-final of the Leinster U21 FC in Tullamore on Sunday shows two changes from the side which overcame Carlow.

Ken Casey misses the game through suspension and his place at right corner-forward goes to William Mulhall. In the opposite corner, Alan Lynam is preferred to Garret Hickey.

ANTRIM (SH v Dublin): D. Owen; B. McAuley, K. Kelly, S. Delargy; M. Molloy, J. Campbell, K. Elliott; K. McKeegan, B. Herron; L. Watson, M. McManus, K. Stewart; P. Richmond, N. McAuley, P. Shields.

OFFALY (U21F v Longford): D. Bracken; G. Grehan, R. Dalton, E. Byrne; S. Lonergan. P. McConway, J. Keane; N. Smith, C. Mahon; N. Darby, R. Connor, S. Ryan; W. Mulhall, T. Coughlan, A. Lynam.

DONEGAL (SH v Louth): G. Grindle; M. McGrath, C. Dowds; J. Callaghan; J. Boyle; G. Dwyer; A. McDermott ; E. Organ; P. Hannigan; M. Lafferty; M. McCann ; K. Campbell; D. Cullen; F. Doherty; N. Campbell.