Overview
- Throw-in is Saturday at 6:00 GMT at the Box-It Athletic Grounds in Armagh, with live TV coverage on RTÉ2.
- Slaughtneil enter as defending champions and recent serial finalists, carrying extensive late-season experience.
- St John’s arrive after ending a 52-year wait for the Antrim title and reaching their first Ulster decider since 1973.
- St John’s preparation has involved traveling to Liatroim, Cargin and Jordanstown due to limited floodlit grass pitches in Belfast.
- Slaughtneil will not risk defender Conor Coyle as he recovers from a hamstring injury, with Sean ‘Tad’ Cassidy continuing rehabilitation after ACL surgery.