TEAM NEWS: Tyrone name team for battle with Sligo
- Aug 17,2018
TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Semi Final– ET if Necessary
SATURDAY – Sligo v Tyrone, 4.00pm, Fr. Tierney Park, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
TWO counties who are no strangers to each other lock horns in the first of the 2018 TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Semi-Finals.
Tyrone came out on top at the corresponding stage of the competition last year, winning out by 1-16 to 0-11.
But Sligo were competitive in that opening half, before conceding a goal to Niamh O’Neill on the stroke of half-time.
Tyrone eased to victory but Sligo will be confident of closing the gap as they prepare to face the Red Hands again, in a fixture that will be available to view
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Tyrone were defeated by Tipperary in last year’s All-Ireland final but are determined to go one better this time.
They’ve shown ominous form throughout the 2018 championship, comfortably winning the Ulster title before topping a qualifier group that also included Wicklow and Offaly.
At the quarter-final stage, Tyrone had the test they needed against a fine Wexford side, before booking their slot in the last four.
Sligo relinquished their Connacht title against Roscommon but recovered to top Group 1 of the qualifiers, securing victories over Laois and Longford in the process.
Those victories pitted the Yeats County against Wicklow in the quarter-finals, and they won out on a 4-13 to 2-13 scoreline, in what was a really entertaining game at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.
Katie Walsh was brilliant for Sligo with a 2-5 haul, with the returning Stephanie O’Reilly at centre forward pulling the strings.
Tyrone team:
| 1 | Laura Kane | Galbally |
| 2 | Niamh Mc Girr | St Macartan’s |
| 3 | Joanne Barrett | Drumragh |
| 4 | Caoileann Conway | Sperrin Og |
| 5 | Slaine Mc Carroll | St Macartan’s |
| 6 | Christiane Hunter | St Enda’s Omagh |
| 7 | Emma Brennan | Trillick |
| 8 | Neamh Woods | Drumragh |
| 9 | Emma Jane Gervin | Aodh Ruadh |
| 10 | Niamh Hughes | Aodh Ruadh |
| 11 | Maria Canavan | Errigal Ciaran |
| 12 | Aine Canavan | Errigal Ciaran |
| 13 | Grainne Rafferty | Cill Iseal |
| 14 | Gemma Begley | An Charraig Mhor |
| 15 | Chloe Mc Caffrey | St Macartan’s |
Sligo team:
| 1 | Noelle Gormley | St Nathys |
| 2 | Aoife Morrisroe | Shamrock Gaels |
| 3 | Eilise Codd | St Michaels |
| 4 | Claire Dunne | St Farnans |
| 5 | Gráinne O’Loughlin | St Michaels |
| 6 | Lauren Boles | St Michaels |
| 7 | Kelly-Ann Henry | Curry |
| 8 | Sinéad Regan | Drumcliffe/Rosses Pt |
| 9 | Nicola Brennan | Tourlestrane |
| 10 | Laura-Ann Laffey | Coolera/Strandhill |
| 11 | Stephanie O’Reilly | Geevagh |
| 12 | Sinéad Naughton | Eoghan Rua |
| 13 | Elaine O’Reilly | Geevagh |
| 14 | Katie Walsh | Tourlestrane |
| 15 | Denise McGrath | St Nathys |
