Quote from: God14 on March 13, 2024, 04:35:21 PMQuote from: tiempo on March 13, 2024, 04:11:02 PMSean Cavanagh was on Art and Eugeue's senior team but couldn't make Mickeys U21 squad
I dont recall that at all. He made his senior debut in the championship as a sub V Armagh but as far as i recall he played with the U21s every game as well. He certainly played in the U21 final that year, v Dublin.
The U21s always had first dibs on the players
Cavanagh and Clarke would have been in both u21 and senior panels at the same time even though they may have played Senior first.
Conor Gormley was probably the most blatant example of someone not playing u21 (or minor) before they made their senior debut. He wasn't in the All Ireland winning u21 squad in 2000 and made his senior debut that Autumn before the 2001 u21 panel was finalised. The talk at the time within Carrickmore was that if he hadn't been called up to the seniors in late 00 he wouldn't have been selected for the u21s in 01 but that's pure speculation.