Monaghan boss Seamus McEnaney has included a mix of youth and experience for his first game back in charge of the county's senior footballers.
'Banty' will begin his second spell in the Farney County hotseat in their McKenna Cup opener at home to Derry in Inniskeen this afternoon.
New captain Ryan Wylie has been named at centre back while Latton livewire Aaron Mulligan is among the newcomers to the squad.
Monaghan (McKenna Cup v Derry): Rory Beggan; Ryan O'Toole, Conor Boyle, Colin Walshe; Padraic Keenan, Ryan Wylie, Michael Bannigan; Barry McBennett, Darren Hughes; Aaron Mulligan, Andrew Woods, Phillip Donnelly; Conor McCarthy, Gary Mahon, Dessie Ward.
Subs: David Kirk, Shane Carey, Jason Irwin, Karl O'Connell, Christopher McGuinness, Kieran Hughes, Keith McEnaney, Dermot Malone, Jack McCarron, Niall Kearns, Kevin Loughran.
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