Irish International Rules manager John O'Keeffe has announced a preliminary panel for the upcoming series in Australia in October. A total of 67 players have been called up and they will eventually be whittled down to a squad of 26 plus Tadgh Kennelly who plays with Sydney Swans in Australia.
Meath's Graham Geraghty is a notable absentee, while Kerry's Seamus Moynihan will be captain for the second time in a row. The first test will be in Perth on Friday, October 24 while the second test will take place at the MCG in Melbourne a week later, October 31.
Provisional squad:Cormac Sullivan, Trevor Giles, Darren Fay, Evan Kelly (all Meath), Paddy Christie, Ciaran Whelan, Shane Ryan, Stephen Cluxton (all Dublin), Mattie Forde (Wexford), Dermot Earley, John Doyle, Enda Murphy, Anthony Rainbow (all Kildare), Tom Kelly, Brian 'Beano' McDonald, Padraig Clancy, Joe Higgins (all Laois), Ciaran McManus, Cathal Daly (both Offaly), Dessie Dolan, Damien Healy (both Westmeath), Paul Barden (Longford), Anthony Lynch, Graham Canty, Colin Corkery (all Cork), Declan O'Keefe, Seamus Moynihan, Dara O'Se (all Kerry), John Galvin, Stephen Kelly (both Limerick), Declan Browne (Tipperary), David Heaney, James Gill (both Mayo), Joe Bergin, Matthew Clancy, Padraig Joyce, Declan Meehan (all Galway), David Casey, Gary Cox, Seamus O'Neill (all Roscommon), Kevin Cassidy, Brendan Devenney, Adrian Sweeney, Paul McGonigle, John Gildea, Shane Carr (all Donegal), Sean Martin Lockhart, Enda Muldoon, Niall McCusker (all Derry), Brendan Coulter, Dan Gordon (both Down), Stephen McDonnell, Paul McGrane, Dairmuid Marsden, Kieran McGeeney, John McEntee (all Armagh), Thomas Freeman (Monaghan), Barry Owens (Fermanagh), Sean Kavanagh, Cormac McAnallen, Peter Canavan, Colin Holmes, Kevin Hughes, Eoin Mulligan (all Tyrone), Martin Farrelly (Louth), Shane Canning (Leitrim), Tadgh Kennelly (Kerry/Sydney Swans).
Filed by Sinéad Kissane
