Scanlon and Murphy boost Munster hopes

MUNSTER’S hopes of claiming back-to-back Interprovincial football titles for the first time since 1982 have been boosted by the inclusion of Cork’s Nicholas Murphy and Kerry’s Seamus Scanlon for Sunday’s final against Ulster.

The two midfielders have been parachuted into the provincial selection having played no part in the semi-final win over Connacht. Cork’s Alan O’Connor and Patrick Kelly patrolled the centre in that game but the former picked up an injury against John O’Mahony’s side and has been named on the bench for the weekend.

Kelly is better known as an industrious wing-forward under Conor Counihan and it is in that role in which he will be expected to shine at Ruislip in London.