Tyrone will need to be at full strength to compete with Kerry - Canavan
August 10, 2021
Kerry's Sean O'Shea looks to break past Tyrone's Ronan McNamee and Peter Harte
Peter Cavanan says Tyrone will need to be “at full strength” if they are to compete with Kerry in next Saturday week’s rearranged All-Ireland SFC semi-final.
The decision to push the game back from its original date of August 15th was taken following a status report received by the GAA relating to positive Covid cases in the Tyrone panel.
It gives the Ulster champions an extra six days to prepare for their showdown with the Kingdom at Croke Park and, writing in his column for Sky Sports GAA, Red Hands great Canavan said he was relieved to see the game pushed back.
“Ideally, Brian Dooher, Feargal Logan and co would have wanted a two-week delay,” the two-time All-Ireland winner wrote. “It is going to take these players time to recover. Covid-19 is not something you shrug off in a couple of days. But one week is better than nothing.
“Croke Park had set the precedent by postponing the U20 All-Ireland Hurling Championship final.
“I just hope that there will be enough time for the Red Hands' players to recover and that they will be fit to play.
“Let's make no mistake here. Tyrone will need to be at full strength if they are going to compete with Kerry.”
