Unchanged Kerry team for All-Ireland final with Donegal
In a boost to the Kingdom, Diarmuid O'Connor has been deemed fit enough to be included in a 28-player panel.
The squad will be cut to 26 for matchday.
O'Connor hasn't featured since the quarter-final stage so it remain to be seen if he features this weekend.
Tom O'Sullivan misses out due to injury.
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.
*Additional players: Shane Murphy, Killian Spillane, Evan Looney, Tom Leo O'Sullivan, Tadhg Morley, Paul Geaney, Micheál Burns, Tony Brosnan, Armin Heinrich, Tomás Kennedy, Diarmuid O'Connor, Conor Geaney, Dara Moynihan.
*Two players will not feature for the final squad
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