Ronan McNamee has committed himself to the Tyrone cause for 2016.

It was widely reported in the wake of the Red Hands' All-Ireland SFC semi-final defeat to Kerry that the full back was planning on taking an extended break from the game. But he has handed Tyrone a massive boost by quashing those rumours.

"I've a brother in Australia and I'm planning to go over and see him at Christmas for a couple of weeks," the Aghyaran clubman told the Irish News.

"He's not coming home for Christmas. I might go out for a 'lock' of weeks, maybe a month. I'll see how it goes. But (the rumour) has grown out of proportion. It has grown a massive set of legs. I plan on being available.

"It's always been on my mind to go and see about me, but this year went well and you'd be mad not to go anywhere because there's an All-Ireland in that team, definitely."

McNamee, who was a key part of a Tyrone defence that conceded just one goal in this year's exciting championship run, is delighted that Mickey Harte is staying on as manager.

"To me there's nobody else. Who else is going to come in? Nobody would be even close. Why he had to go for the job is beyond me," he added.

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