Donegal name unchanged team for All-Ireland final
Michael Murphy and Ryan McHugh are included in the line-up, 11 years on from starting the 2014 final against Kerry
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Donegal boss Jim McGuinness has named an unchanged team for Sunday's All-Ireland Football final against Kerry (15:30 BST).
The Ulster champions are chasing their third Sam Maguire Cup, 13 years after last winning Gaelic football's most coveted prize.
The decider against Kerry, which is a repeat of the 2014 final won by the Kingdom, is live on BBC Two NI, the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website from 15:00 BST.
Unsurprisingly, McGuinness has stuck with the same line-up which started the emphatic semi-final win over Meath a fortnight ago.
Ryan McHugh and Michael Murphy, who both started the 2014 final, are named at right wing-back and full-forward respectively.
Team captain Patrick McBrearty, who came off the bench in the 2014 final, is expected to start the game among the substitutes again, having been used a second-half impact player in each of Donegal's past four games.
On Thursday, Kerry are also named an unchanged team from their semi-final win over Tyrone.
Neither team have listed their substitutes. Kerry's 28-man squad will be trimmed to 26 in time for the game, while McGuinness will cut nine players from his 35-man panel.
Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Morgan; Ryan McHugh, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Caolan McColgan; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan; Shane O'Donnell, Ciaran Thompson, Ciaran Moore; Conor O'Donnell, Micheal Murphy, Oisin Gallen.
Extended panel: Caolan Ward, Jamie Brennan, Eoin McHugh, Jason McGee, Patrick McBrearty (capt), Aaron Doherty, Niall O'Donnell, Odhran Doherty, Stephen McMenamin, Daire O Baoill, Charles McGuinness, Jeaic Mac Ceallabhui, Jonny Carlin, Gavin Mulreany, Kevin McGettigan, Caolan McGonagle, Mark Curran, Eoghan McGettigan, Domhnall Mac Giolla Bhride, Odhran McFadden Ferry.
Kerry team: Shane Ryan; Paul Murphy, Jason Foley, Dylan Casey; Brian O Beaglaoich, Mike Breen, Gavin White, Sean O'Brien, Mark O'Shea; Joe O'Connor, Sean O'Shea , Graham O'Sullivan; David Clifford, Paudie Clifford, Dylan Geaney.
Extended panel: Shane Murphy, Killian Spillane, Evan Looney, Tom Leo O'Sullivan, Tadhg Morley, Paul Geaney, Micheal Burns, Tony Brosnan, Armin Heinrich, Tomas Kennedy, Diarmuid O'Connor, Conor Geaney, Dara Moynihan.