Skipper Patrick McBrearty’s inclusion in place of Eoghan Ban Gallagher is Donegal’s only change from the Ulster Final line-up although the Kilcar man has been named in previous Donegal line-ups in recent matches only to start from the bench.
Gallagher is named on a bench that includes Aaron Doherty, who scored two of Donegal’s six successful penalties in the Ulster Final shootout, while a change to the matchday squad sees Cathal MacAonghasa taking over from Caolan McColgan, who came on as a half-time substitute for Mark Curran in the provincial decider.
Tyrone boss Brian Dooher makes two changes from the Ulster semi-final as Ben Cullen and Ruairi Canavan take over from Conall Devlin and Cathal McShane in a team that also shows a number of positional switches.
Cullen’s inclusion at right half-back sees Niall Devlin switching to the number two jersey with Seanie O’Donnell named in the half-forward line as Kieran McGeary is picked at number seven.
McShane and Peter Harte are named on a bench that does not include any members of last weekend’s victorious All-Ireland Under-20 winning side.
Donegal: S Patton; M Curran, B McCole, C Moore; R McHugh, C McGonagle, P Mogan; J McGee, M Langan; S O’Donnell, C Thompson, D O Baoill; P McBrearty (capt), O Gallen, N O’Donnell.
Subs: G Mulreaney, K McGettigan, S McMenamin, O Doherty, D MacGiolla Bhride, J MacCeallbhui, L McGlynn, J Brennan, A Doherty, E Ban Gallagher, C MacAonghasa
Tyrone: N Morgan; N Devlin, P Hampsey, M McKernan; B Cullen, M Donnelly, K McGeary; B Kennedy, C Kilpatrick; C Daly, M O’Neill, S O’Donnell; D McCurry, D Canavan, R Canavan.
Subs: O O’Kane, A Clarke, C Donnelly, P Harte, D Jones, N McCarron, L McGarrity, C McShane, J Oguz, C Quinn, T Quinn.
Louth boss Ger Brennan makes one change in personnel from the Leinster Final starting side as Ryan Burns replaces Leonard Grey in attack.
Colm O’Rourke’s Meath side shows three changes from the 3-19 to 0-12 Leinster quarter-final hammering by Dublin as Ronan Ryan, Cian McBride and Cillian O’Sullivan take over from Ross Ryan, Daithi McGowan and Jordan Morris who drop to the bench.
Louth: N McDonnell; D McKenny, D Corcoran, P Lynch; C McKeever, A Williams, C Lennon, T Durnin, B Duffy; N Sharkey, C Keenan, C Grimes; R Burns, S Mulroy, C Downey.
Subs: C Lynch, C O’Neill, P McStravick, L Jackson, D Campbell, C Murphy, T Jackson, L Grey, C Byrne, C Early, P Mathews.
Meath: B Hogan; D Keogan, A O’Neill, R Ryan; H O’Higgins, D Campion, S Coffey; R Jones (capt), C McBride; C Caulfield, C O’Sullivan, C Hickey; J Conlon, M Costello, E Frayne.
Subs: S Brennan, M Murphy, S Ryan, B O’Halloran, R Ryan, C Gray, D McGowan, R Kinsella, J O’Connor, J Morris, A Lynch.
