{"id":46530,"date":"2026-01-02T23:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46530"},"modified":"2026-01-02T23:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:19:50","slug":"cy4q39jgwlwoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/02\/cy4q39jgwlwoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Harte-Rian O&#8217;Neill: Tyrone and Armagh stars to step away for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tyrone manager Malachy O&#8217;Rourke says that Peter Harte is &#8216;probably not going to commit&#8217; to the Tyrone cause ahead of the 2026 season, while Rian O&#8217;Neill looks set to sit out the 2026 campaign for Armagh.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Rourke was speaking after the Red Hands opened their campaign in the Dr McKenna Cup with a 2-13 to 0-17 win away at Armagh. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mattie Donnelly who was also a part of the 2008 All-Ireland minor winning side with Harte, contributed 1-2 on the night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think Peter, at this stage, is probably not going to be able to commit, unfortunately. Peter has given so much service to the county, he&#8217;s a brilliant role model for all the boys, he&#8217;ll be missed greatly,&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke told BBC Sport NI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re never going to close the door on him, and I definitely don&#8217;t want to close the door on him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So, if it was the case that he got a wee bit of breathing space later on in the year and he was able to come back, well, then the door will always be open for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But, at this stage, he&#8217;s not able to give the commitment. So, we&#8217;ll just have to move on in the short term without him, and we&#8217;ll see how things go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With the conveyor belt of underage success coming through in Tyrone at the minute, including last year&#8217;s U20 and minor All-Ireland winning sides, the experience of the 35-year-old would be beneficial for the county.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Both on the field and off the field, just the way he conducts himself, the way he trains, the way he prepares for training, and everything about him is just what you want in a panel,&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And it&#8217;s great. We&#8217;ve so many young lads coming through who, I suppose, in many ways, are learning to trade at this level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And the more fellas like Peter that they can learn from, the better. Maybe there will be some chance that he&#8217;ll be back to us later on in the year. But, at this stage, I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s going to be the way it turns out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But, Peter certainly owes nobody anything. He&#8217;s had a tremendous career. Even last year when he was in with us, he was brilliant to work with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Rourke also confirmed that Darragh Canavan should be available for selection ahead of Tyrone&#8217;s National Football League opener at home to Kildare on 24 January. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;All the boys that weren&#8217;t involved tonight were all training earlier on today, and Darragh included,&#8221; the Tyrone boss confirmed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They were all out in the field. So, everybody was training. Everyone was at different stages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But, no, we&#8217;d be hoping that they&#8217;ll all be back and be in contention for the start of the National League.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Peter #HarteRian #ONeill #Tyrone #Armagh #stars #step<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyrone manager Malachy O&#8217;Rourke says that Peter Harte is &#8216;probably not going to commit&#8217; to the Tyrone cause ahead of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46532,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46530\/revisions\/46532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}