New York captain Johnny Duane hopes his fellow Galway man Jonathan Glynn can ruffle a few Roscommon feathers in Gaelic Park tomorrow.

Tribe hurling star Glynn has defected to the New York footballers and has been named at midfield for the Connacht SFC clash against the Rossies.

Duane will line out at centre-back after switching his football allegiance to the Big Apple and he told gaa.ie: "I wouldn't have seen him play much at home, he played a couple of years with Caherlistrane and he's a good athlete a big strong lad and he has a good head and he's a great addition.

"Obviously it was big decision to him to come over and that's put him but he's enjoying himself here and is he well set up and hopefully he can put in a big shift the next day and we can make a bit of history."

As regards his own situation, Duane revealed it wasn't an easy decision turning his back on the Galway jersey.

"I had a good chat with Kevin (Walsh) before I left.

"He was very helpful. He said if there was anything he could do to help me out he was fully behind me and he understood my decision to come over here.

"I suppose I'm only 24 and it's something I always wanted to do and hopefully maybe next year I will be back, who knows. The plan is to go home in November but we'll see what happens, I've nothing decided yet.

"It was obviously a massive call. Leaving Galway football was obviously hard for myself. But it's something I've always wanted to do, to go travelling, and it was my last chance to get a Visa to America so it was just something I couldn't turn down, something I always wanted to do.

"I'm loving it at the moment, and the fact that you can play inter-county football over here is a big advantage. It's a different lifestyle than Ireland but it's going well. I'm set up with a good job so it's all good at the moment."

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