Harte to face O'Connor in Dubai

Mickey Harte and Jack O'Connor will go head-to-head once more when the 2006 and 2005 football All Stars meet in Dubai later this…

Mickey Harte and Jack O'Connor will go head-to-head once more when the 2006 and 2005 football All Stars meet in Dubai later this month.

Harte will take charge of the 2005 selection while O'Connor will be responsible for the 2006 team that will 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.

It is the second time that Harte has managed an All Star team. He was also manager in 2005 when the All Stars visited Hong Kong and he will be able to call upon the likes of Ryan McMenamin, Conor Gormley, Sean Cavanagh,
Brian Dooher, Owen Mulligan and Stephen O'Neill again this year.

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Current All-Ireland champions Kerry will be represented by Michael McCarthy, Seamus Moynihan and Aidan O'Mahony, with others soon to confirm their availability.