Tyrone make 10 changes for Down

Mickey Harte's Tyrone side need to win to stay in the hunt

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made 10 changes for Wednesday night's McKenna Cup Section B meeting with Down at Healy Park in Omagh.

Although Philip Jordan and Ryan Mellon return after the UUJ defeat, it is still very much an experimental side.

In Section A, Fermanagh face Armagh at Breffni Park while Derry tackle the students of St Mary's at Ballinderry.

In Section C, Antrim face Cavan at Casement Park. All games have a 2000 GMT throw-in.

Meanwhile, Harte is giving every chance to produce some new faces for the new Championship season.

Having handed out seven debuts last weekend, Harte gives another new boy a run with John Gilmore in at wing back.

Cathal McCarron and Martin Swift, both in the full back line, are the only survivors from last Sunday's newcomers.

Tyrone, winners of the McKenna Cup for the past four seasons, are bidding to bounce back from their first defeat in the competition in five years.

Tyrone: P McConnell; PJ Quinn, C McCarron (Dromore), M Swift; J Gilmore, D Carlin, P Jordan; K Hughes, E McGinley, R Mellon; C Donnelly, A McCarron; C McCarron (Omagh), T McGuigan, P Rouse.

Fixtures
(all 2000 GMT)
Section A
Fermanagh v Armagh, Breffni Park
Derry v St Mary's, Ballinderry
Section B
Tyrone v Down, Omagh
Section C
Antrim v Cavan, Casement Park