Sligo have made one change to their team for tomorrow’s All-Ireland Minor Football quarter-final against Ulster champions Derry in Ballybofey.
Bunninadden clubman Cian Brett has been named at corner-forward, with Karl McKenna, who had been deployed as a sweeper in the games against Leitrim and Galway, switching to wing-back.
The team is Alan Davey in goal; Evan Lyons, Brian Cox and Ben Touhy in the full-back line; McKenna, Evan Lavin and Oisin Conlon in the half-backs; Niall Colsh and Barry Gorman in the middle of the park; Roland Anderson, Luke Towey and Ciaran O’Dowd at half-forward; and Conall Ryan, Red Og Murphy and Brett in the inside line.
Sligo minor boss David Cummins says his side will look to take the positives from the Connacht final.
Sligo dominated that game in the earlier exchanges before Galway got on top, but Cummins says the players showed their fighting spirit to stay in that game in Salthill…
Tomorrow’s game throws-in at 2pm in Mac Cumhaill Park and will be live on Ocean FM in association with Quinn Fix Garage & Car Sales, with former Sligo senior captain Mark Breheny joining Ocean FM Sport for commentary.
Meanwhile, Sligo senior boss Niall Carew says his focus was always on Sligo, despite being linked to vacancies in other counties since their championship campaign.
Prior to his re-appointment to the Sligo post on Wednesday, Carew’s name was throw into the mix for the vacant manager’s posts at Laois, Wicklow and Louth, but he says he wants to continue his work at Sligo…
