Lynch in, Smith out as Cavan name team for Tyrone test
Breaking
The Cavan and Tyrone teams for Sunday's crunch All-Ireland SFC round 3 clash (4pm, Brewster Park) have been named.
The Cavan squad is as follows:
1 Liam Brady (Ramor United)
2 Niall Carolan (Cuchulainns)
3 Killian Brady (Mullahoran)
4 Cian Reilly (Killygarry)
5 Brian O’Connell (Ramor United)
6 Ciaran Brady (Arva)
7 Padraig Faulkner (Kingscourt)
8 Ryan Donohoe (Gowna)
9 Evan Crowe (Ballyhaise)
10 Gerard Smith (Lavey)
11 Dara McVeety (Crosserlough)
12 Oisin Brady (Killygarry)
13 Cormac O’Reilly (Mullahoran)
14 Paddy Lynch (Crosserlough)
15 Cian Madden (Gowna)
Substitutes
16 Gary O’Rourke (Ballyhaise)
17 Luke Fortune (Cavan Gaels)
18 Killian Clarke (Shercock)
19 Oisin Kiernan (Castlerahan)
20 Jason McLoughlin (Shannon Gaels)
21 Ruairí Curran (Swanlinbar)
22 Luke Molloy (Cavan Gaels)
23 Gearoid McKiernan (Cavan Gaels)
24 Thomas Edward Donohoe (Denn)
25 Ryan O’Neill (Killdallan)
26 Sean McEvoy (Ramor United)
A notable absentee from the match-day panel is Crosserlough's James Smith. In recent matches, Cavan have made changes to their named starting team prior to throw-in but this is the first time Paddy Lynch has been named to start since Cavan lost by a point to Tyrone after extra time in April, 2024.
The Tyrone team is as follows:
1 Niall Morgan
2 Cormac Quinn
3 Peter Teague
4 Niall Devlin
5 Michael McKernan
6 Rory Brennan
7 Kieran McGeary
8 Ben McDonnell
9 Conn Kilpatrick
10 Seanie O’Donnell
11 Mattie Donnelly
12 Ciarán Daly
13 Darren McCurry
14 Mark Bradley
15 Darragh Canavan
Subs:
16 Oisin O’Kane
17 Aidan Clarke
18 Padraig Hampsey
19 Frank Burns
20 Michael O’Neill
21 Brian Kennedy
22 Cathal Donaghy
23 Peter Harte
24 Conor Meyler
25 Eoin McElholm
26 Ruairi Canavan
Read full match preview here.