Fallout from Ulster final continues as trio face CDC

GAELIC GAMES: The fallout from the Ulster football final will continue tomorrow night as three more players go before the central disciplinary committee (CDC).

Tyrone will find out if Ryan McMenamin is available for the remainder of the championship as, along with Armagh's Ciarán McKeever and Paul McGrane, the corner back has been called to Croke Park to face a misconduct charge.

If the CDC remain consistent with the 12-week suspensions already handed out to Paul Brady of Cavan and Rory Woods of Monaghan, although this was the last disciplinary act of the GAC, then McMenamin and McGrane can expect similar punishments.

McMenamin and McKeever can argue that the incidents involving them were dealt with at the time by referee Michael Collins. Both were shown yellow cards; in McKeever's case he was sent off after being cautioned twice. However, this may carry little weight as the CDC have already overruled every major decision Collins made during the game.

Handing McMenamin a ban 48 hours before Tyrone's next game will trigger the same outcry that came from Mayo last week, in the case of Trevor Mortimer, as it denies them sufficient time to appeal. Regardless, Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will name a team on Thursday for Saturday's fourth-round qualifier against Monaghan.

A Monaghan team is expected today with Woods likely to return in some capacity after his suspension was completed two weeks ago, a day after the third-round victory over Louth.

The other qualifier on the Croke Park bill this Saturday is between Laois and Derry, at the earlier time of 2pm.

Derry manager Mickey Moran will give All Star forward Enda Muldoon and midfielder Fergal Doherty as much time as possible to recover from injuries before naming a team.

On Sunday at Croke Park, the first set of football quarter-finals will be played with Kerry out against Mayo in a repeat of last year's All-Ireland final.

Mortimer's four-week ban ends on Saturday midnight so he will be expected to return. Kerry also report a clean bill of health, including Colm Cooper, and will release their team tomorrow evening.

In the other tie, Galway play Cork with the Connacht champions hoping three of their key players will be fit. Michael Donnellan (stomach muscle), Joe Bergin (knee) and veteran Seán Óg de Paor are the major concerns for manager Peter Ford.

Cork came through last Saturday's victory over Sligo relatively unscathed but captain Owen Sexton sustained a dead leg which forced his withdrawal early in the second half, while John Hayes drifted out of the game after banging his head against an advertising hoarding. Up to that point he had contributed three points but added only one more thereafter, from a free.

Meanwhile, the Tipperary under-21s can help erase the disappointment of the senior loss to Galway by beating Cork in the Munster hurling final tomorrow night. The side shows one change from the semi-final victory over Limerick, senior panellist Evan Sweeney returning at corner forward for Ryan O'Dwyer.

Sweeney didn't feature on Sunday but wing forward Darragh Egan was introduced late on for Ger O'Grady. The match is at Páirc Uí Chaoimh at 7.15pm.

TIPPERARY (Under-21H v Cork): P McCormack; J O'Dwyer, C O'Mahoney, B Hanley; C O'Brien, N Teehan, T Collins; S McGrath, W Cully; T Fitzgerald, F Devanney (capt), D Egan; E Sweeney, T Scroope, P Shortt.