Brian Dooher has been ruled out of Tyrone's Dr McKenna Cup campaign as he continues his recovery from groin surgery. The double All-Ireland winning captain recently underwent surgery on a groin problem that had been troubling him for some time, having postponed the operation until after the Red Hands' successful All-Ireland campaign. Tyrone boss Mickey Harte expressed the hope that the Clann na Gael clubman would be fit to return for the start of the National League. "It's something that had been bothering him for some time, but Brian wanted to wait until the end of the season before getting it attended to, which is what has happened," he said. "The surgery is getting better. It would have been much more severe some time back but the ability to deal with it now, the new procedures, we're hoping will reduce the rehab time. "This will rule Brian out of the McKenna Cup completely, and until he gets fully over that then he won't be used." Tweet

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