Quartet added to squad for Dubai

Armagh pair Paul Hearty and Aaron Kernan as well as Graham Canty of Cork and Laois' Ross Munnelly have been added to the Vodafone…

Armagh pair Paul Hearty and Aaron Kernan as well as Graham Canty of Cork and Laois' Ross Munnelly have been added to the Vodafone All Star tour to Dubai later this month.

The quartet are late additions because Diarmuid Murphy and Marc O'Se of Kerry and Tyrone's Philip Jordan are unavailable to travel while Armagh forward Ronan Clarke is injured.

The touring party will be finalised early next week and it is expected a few more replacements will be announced by then.

Mickey Harte and Jack O'Connor will go head-to-head once more when the 2006 and 2005 football All Stars play an exhibition games on January 27th following their Dublin departure on January 23rd.

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Harte will take charge of the 2005 selection while O'Connor will be responsible for the 2006 team that will still contain a number of his former charges from Kerry.

The current Tyrone and former Kerry managers were previously pitted against each other in the 2005 All-Ireland final, where Harte got the better of the Kerryman, and while O'Connor won two senior titles during his hugely successful stint in the Kingdom he was unable to beat Tyrone in a championship match.

The visit by the All Stars is the highlight of the annual Gulf Gaelic Games Tournament which takes place in Dubai on January 26th and 27th.