Burke named in Irish U21 hurling team

Dublin's Donal Burke is included in the Ireland panel for Saturday’s U21 Hurling-Shinty international clash.

The match takes place in the GAA’s National Games Development Centre in Abbottstown, West Dublin, at 2pm.

Damien Reck of Wexford, Dublin’s Burke and Clare’s Aron Shanagher are an experienced backbone to a talented squad that is captained by Antrim’s Gerard Walsh.

Galway native Gavin Keary, who was a coach to the Clare senior hurlers in 2018, is in charge of the team alongside Wexford’s Willie Cleary, with 14 counties in all represented.

Hurling Shinty Under 21 International 2018

Ireland v Scotland

Date: November 3, 2018 – 2pm

Venue: National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin

Ireland U21 Men’s Team

1.Thomas Dowling (Carlow)

2.Donal Burke (Dublin)

3.James Burke (Kildare)

4.Andrew Casey (Carlow)

5.Lorcán Devlin (Tyrone)

6.Ciaran Doyle (Westmeath)

7.Killian Doyle (Westmeath)

8.Cianan Fahy (Galway)

9.Daniel Huane (Mayo)

10.Mark Kavanagh (Laois)

11.Tony O’Kelly Lynch (Sligo)

12.Fionan Mackessy (Kerry)

13.Jack Fitzpatrick (Galway)

14.Evan Murphy (Kerry)

15.Dean Gaffney (Armagh)

16.Conor Phelan (Laois)

17.Damien Reck (Wexford)

18.Aron Shanagher (Clare)

19.Jack Sheridan (Kildare)

20.Gerard Walsh (Antrim) CAPTAIN

Team Managers: Willie Cleary (Wexford) and Gavin Keary (Galway)