McKernan return gives Tyrone semi-final boost
Michael McKernan picked up an injury against Cavan on 15 June
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Michael McKernan has been passed fit to be a part of Tyrone's panel for Saturday's All-Ireland semi-final against Kerry.
The Coalisland clubman, 27, was a doubt for the game at Croke Park (17:00 BST) having missed the quarter-final victory over Dublin thanks to a shoulder injury picked up in the round-robin stage against Cavan.
Red Hands' coach Colm McCullagh had appeared to rule the half-back out of the semi-final earlier this week but he has been named among Malachy O'Rourke's replacements.
Mark Bradley is also on the bench having been a late scratch from the win against Dublin two weeks ago.
O'Rourke has named an unchanged starting line-up from the one that beat the Dubs in what proved to be Dessie Farrell's last game in charge of Dublin.
Tyrone: Niall Morgan; Cormac Quinn, Padraig Hampsey, Niall Devlin; Peter Teague, Rory Brennan, Kieran McGeary; Brian Kennedy, Conn Kilpatrick; Seanie O'Donnell, Peter Harte, Ciaran Daly; Darren McCurry, Mattie Donnelly, Darragh Canavan.
Subs: Oisin O'Kane, Aidan Clarke, Michael Rafferty, Frank Burns, Michael McKernan, Ben McDonnell, Michael O'Neill, Conor Meyler, Eoin McElholm, Mark Bradley, Ruairi Canavan.