Panels Announced for Ladies Football Interpros

The panels for the ladies football Interprovincial Championships have been announced. The Interprovincial Championships will take place this Saturday in Kinnegad GAA Club, Co. Westmeath with the tournament’s first throw-in at 11.00am.

Not unexpectedly, defending champions Munster have a strong Cork contingent in their ranks with ten Rebelettes togging out for the province. Defeated National Football League Division 2 finalists Waterford contribute four players to the squad.

Leinster, who has not won the Interpro title since 2006, has 10 Dublin players in their squad alongside seven players from the O’Moore County who impressed in the national league this year.

The Ulster selection is dominated by Monaghan players with nine Farney women in the squad. Donegal, who were impressive in their National Football League Division 2 victory, are rewarded with four places in the squad.

The Connacht panel is an all Galway affair as the Tribeswomen look to bounce back from their heart-wrenching defeat to Cork in the Bord Gáis Energy National Football League Division 1 final. Connacht has not won the Interprovincial Championships since 2000.

The four provinces will play a round robin format with the top two teams advancing to the Interprovincial final and the other two provinces facing off in the Shield Final. The Interprovincial final will throw in at 3.45pm, Saturday 22nd May.

The tournament referees for the Interprovincial Championships are Tony Lennon (Dublin/Leinster), Sean Joy (Kerry/Munster), Terence McShea (Donegal/Ulster) and

John Niland (Sligo/Connacht)

CONNACHT PANEL: J Connolly, S Noone, A Gilmore, C Cormican, R McPhilbin, E Flaherty, G Conneally, A Daly, U Carroll, E Concannon, S Burke, S Murphy, M Coyne, N Duggan, T Hughes, S Conneally, N Connolly, P Gleeson, C Hehir, N Lohan, M Maloney, K Mullins, G O’Connor, JA Russell, A Seoighe, AM McDonough (ALL GALWAY)

LEINSTER PANEL: M Nevin, C O’Connor, G Fay, L Peat, D Masterson, S Aherne, R Ruddy, N Healy, N Comyn, M Kavanagh (ALL DUBLIN), N Kirwan, T Lawlor, M Kiwan, L Muckian, A O’Loughlin, A Quigley, P Fogarty (ALL LAOIS), Sharon Treacy (LONGFORD), B Leahy, A Gately, T Noone, A Holton, D Berry (ALL KILDARE), L Walsh (WESTMEATH), S Keogh, L Tector (BOTH WEXFORD), C Deeney (WICKLOW), I Munnelly (MEATH)

MUNSTER PANEL: E Harte, V Mulcahy, R Buckley, L Barrett, A Walsh, G O’Flynn, AM Walsh, M O’Connor, B Stack, N Cleary, (ALL CORK), L Scanlon, A Leonard, P Dennehy, B Breen, L Ni Mhuircheartaigh (ALL KERRY), E Power, M McGrath, M Ryan, L Wall (ALL WATERFORD), G O’Brien, M Morrissey, S Lambert, C Carroll, A O’Dwyer (ALL TIPPERARY), E Considine, S Kelly, L Henchy, N Keane (ALL CLARE), D O’Brien, S Healy (BOTH LIMERICK)

ULSTER PANEL: L Martin, A McAnespie, S Courtney, A Casey, C McAnespie, T McNally, N Fahy, C McConnell, C Reilly (ALL MONAGHAN), C Morgan, D Mallon, S McCleary, C O’Hanlon (ALL ARMAGH), E Downey, K Trainor, A Pyers, S Fegan, O Fegan (ALL DOWN), S Donnelly, G Begley, L McGillion, C Donnelly (ALL TYRONE), C Timoney, C Carey, C McCoy (ALL ANTRIM), Y McMonagle, E Ward, A McDonnell, C Hegarty (ALL DONEGAL), N McMullan (DERRY)

Clár an Lae
Saturday 22nd May 2010
Kinnegad GAA Club, Co. Westmeath
11.00am
Pitch 1: Galway v Ulster
Pitch 2: Leinster v Munster

12.30pm
Pitch 1: Galway v Leinster
Pitch 2: Munster v Ulster

2.00pm
Pitch 1: Galway v Munster
Pitch 2: Leinster v Ulster

3.45pm: Shield Final
4.30pm: Inter Provincial Final

Interprovincial Tournament

All games are 20 minutes per half with a 10 minute interval
Three points for a win one point for a draw
Any tie will decided by penalties – 5 penalties were goals and points count

Tournament Referees:
Tony Lennon (Dublin / Leinster)
Sean Joy (Kerry / Munster)
Terence McShea (Donegal / Ulster)
John Niland (Sligo / Connacht)