Munnelly welcomes Parkinson and Kavanagh back to squad

LAOIS forward Ross Munnelly has welcomed the return of his 2003 Leinster SFC winning team-mates Colm Parkinson and Gary Kavanagh into the panel and claimed manager Justin McNulty has assembled a panel reflecting the best the county has to offer.

The Arles-Kilcruise man was introduced as a second-half substitute for Kavanagh in Sunday’s O’Byrne Cup first round defeat to Wicklow in Portlaoise and was able to link up with Parkinson on a couple of occasions in the last 10 minutes. And Munnelly was delighted to see a couple of familiar faces back in the O’Moore County set-up as McNulty decided to bring them out of the inter-countywilderness.

“Myself and [Padraig] Clancy were starting to look around and say, ‘Jees, is there any more of us left?” laughed Munnelly. “It’s great to see them back and it’s good to see the mix between the younger and older fellas. There’s a bit of banter and everyone is pushing each other in training so please God we’ll progress a bit in 2011.”