Five Dubs included in Irish International Rules panel

Five Dublin footballers have been included in the Irish panel for the upcoming EirGrid International Rules test against Australia – Bernard Brogan, Jack McCaffrey, Philly McMahon, Rory O’Carroll and Diarmuid Connolly.

The Ireland management were in Croke Park to unveil their match day panel of 23 players for the November 21st– with an additional eight players listed on standby in the event of injury.

Fresh from being named Footballer of the Year last Friday night, wing back Jack McCaffrey is one of nine All-Stars selected by manager Joe Kernan, and is joined by fellow members of the elite playing class of 2015 in Mattie Donnelly, Lee Keegan, Philip McMahon, Conor McManus, Rory O’Carroll, Aidan O’Shea, Donnchadh Walsh and Ireland team captain Bernard Brogan.

In all, there are 12 counties from across all four provinces represented in the match day 23 and the county breakdown is Dublin (5), Tyrone (3), Laois, Kildare, Cork, Monaghan, Mayo (2 each), Clare, Tipperary, Longford, Kerry and Donegal (1 each).

Tickets for the game at Croke Park are available from gaa.ie/tickets and from selected outlets and are priced at €25 for adults and €5 for Under 16s.

Throw-in on Saturday week is at 7.0 and the game will be preceded by the Hurling Shinty international between Ireland and Scotland.

There will also be a commemoration to mark the 95th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

IRELAND SQUAD FOR EirGrid INTERNATIONAL RULES TEST WITH AUSTRALIA

1 Niall Morgan (Tyrone)

2 Colm Begley (Laois)

3 Gary Brennan (Clare)

4 Bernard Brogan (Dublin) (Captain)

5 Eoin Cadogan (Cork)

9 Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone)

10 Eoin Doyle (Kildare)

11 Peter Harte (Tyrone)

13 Darren Hughes (Monaghan)

15 Lee Keegan (Mayo) VICE CAPT.

17 Paul Kerrigan (Cork)

19 Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)

20 Ciarán McDonald (Tipperary)

22 Philip McMahon (Dublin)

23 Conor McManus (Monaghan)

25 Rory O'Carroll (Dublin)

26 John O'Loughlin (Laois)

28 Aidan O'Shea (Mayo)

29 Michael Quinn (Longford)

31 Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry)

33 Diarmuid Connolly (Dublin)

34 Paul Cribbin (Kildare)

35 Paddy Mc Brearty (Donegal)

STAND BY PLAYERS:

16 Paddy O'Rourke (Meath)

6 Killian Clarke (Cavan)

7 Ray Connellan (Westmeath)

14 Kieran Hughes (Monaghan)

21 Gearoid McKiernan (Cavan)

24 Dessie Mone (Monaghan)

27 Colm O'Neill (Cork)

30 Enda Smith (Roscommon)