The late retirement of St Eunan’s star striker Niall O’Donnell comes as a surprise and a huge loss for the Donegal champions.

The Donegal inter-county forward scored 3-9 in the county championship and was expected to lead the attack alongside Conor O’Donnell Jr.

He’s warming up well with the rest of the team, so we can only assume he’ll be introduced during the game.

St Eunan’s other change sees O’Donnell Jr, who scored 1-4 in the county final win over Dungloe, replacing Pauric Boyle.

Errigal made a late change with Padraig McGirr replacing Pauric Traynor, a change they also made before last week’s county final win over Trillick. That means the Tyrone champions are going with the same 15 players who started last time.

Errigal Ciaran:
D. McAnenly; C Quinn, A McCrory, C Quinn; P Og McCartan, N Kelly, T Colhoun; McDonnell B, Oguz J; McGirr P, Harte P, McGinley C; D Canavan (captain), O Robinson, R Canavan

Saint Eunan: S Patton; A Deeney, C Morrison, C Ward; D Mulgrew, C O’Donnell, K Tobin (captain); E Dowling, J Kelly; C Moore, S O’Donnell, O Winston; E McGeehin, K Kealy, C O’Donnell Jr.

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)