Ó Sé returns to Kingdom squad for Galway clash

DARRAGH Ó SÉ is included in the Kerry squad for the first time this season for tomorrow’s National Football League game against Galway (Austin Stack Park, Tralee, 2.30pm).

Ó Sé, a Celtic Cross winner in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2007, returned to training in mid-March after taking a break from the intercounty game in the wake of last September’s All-Ireland final loss to Tyrone.

Kerry boss O’Connor has handed a start to Duagh’s Anthony Maher after a number of impressive performances off the bench and he will join Michéal Quirke at centrefield. Seamus Scanlon who started in the centre in the draw against Dublin is ruled out with an ankle injury sustained in a club game.

Injuries have forced O’Connor’s hand with goalkeeper Ger Reidy along with corner backs Ronan O Flatharta and Killian Young replacing Diarmuid Murphy, Padraig Reidy and Aidan O’Shea who all started in Parnell Park.

Up front Declan O’Sullivan and Donnacha Walsh return from injury to the exclusion of Darran O’Sullivan and Bryan Sheehan. Walsh takes the captain’s armband in O’Sullivan’s absence.

Monaghan have announced an unchanged team from the line out that started against Cork for tomorrow’s crunch game against Laois in O'Moore Park.

Meanwhile, Kildare make one enforced change for the crucial Division Two tie with Meath tomorrow. Kevin O’Neill has been ruled out for between six and eight weeks after dislocating his shoulder and will be replaced at full-back by Declan Brennan.

KERRY (SF v Galway): G Reidy; R Ó Flatharta, T O’Sullivan, K Young; T Ó Sé, A O’Mahony, T Griffin; A Maher, M Quirke; P Galvin, D O’Sullivan, D Walsh (capt); C Cooper, K Donaghy, T Walsh.

Subs: D O’Sullivan, K Quirke, D Moran, D Ó Sé, S O’Sullivan, T Kennelly, B Moran, M Corridan, B Sheehan.

KILDARE (SF v Meath): T Corley; M O’Flaherty, D Brennan, H McGrillen; M Scanlon, B Flanagan, M Conway; R Kelly, D Earley; R Sweeney, P O’Neill, E Callaghan; A Smith, K Donnelly, J Doyle.

Subs: S McCormack, K Ennis, E O’Flaherty, M Harnett, J Kavanagh, A Mac Lochlainn, A Rainbow, D Hendy, W Heffernan

LIMERICK (SF v Offaly): S Kiely; J McCarthy, S Gallagher, L O’Dwyer; M O’Riordan, S Lavin, P Ranahan; J Galvin, J Donovan; S Kelly, I Ryan, S Buckley; E Hogan, M Crowley, G Collins.

DOWN (SF v Roscommon): B McVeigh; C McGovern, A Carr, L Howard; D Rafferty, C Garvey, D Rooney; P Fitzpatrick, S Kearney; B McArdle, J Boyle, D Hughes; B Coulter, R Murtagh, P McCumiskey.

MONAGHAN: S Duffy, D Mone, JP Mone, V Corey, D Freeman, G McQuaid, D Hughes, D Clerkin, E Lennon, C McManus, P Finlay, S Gollogly, M Downey, R Woods, T Freeman.