THE TYRONE SENIOR footballers look likely to lose the services of one of the two players who won All-Star awards for the county in 2019.
Cathal McShane, who finished last year’s championship as joint-top scorer alongside Sean O’Shea, is heading for the AFL.
According to a report from TeamTalkMag.com, the 24-year-old Owen Roe’s forward will sign a two-year deal with Brisbane Lions, where Dubliner James Madden is already on the books.
Having scored 3-48 in inter-county championship football in 2019, McShane is now set to follow in the footsteps of Essendon’s Conor McKenna, his former team-mate on the Tyrone minor side who reached the All-Ireland final in 2013.
Tyrone will already have to plan for much of 2020 without injured captain Mattie Donnelly, while forward Connor McAliskey has opted to take a break from inter-county football.
Mickey Harte’s side are due to face Cavan in the Dr McKenna Cup on Sunday.
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