Bernard Brogan will lead Ireland into battle against Australia in this year's International Rules series.

Irish manager Joe Kernan has confirmed that the Dublin star will captain the team ahead of a wider panel announcement early next month.

Ireland will meet Australia on the evening of Saturday, November 21 - the 90th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Reacting to his appointment, Brogan said: "It is both an honour and a privilege to not only represent Ireland, but to captain the national team too.

"As Gaelic footballers, opportunities to play for Ireland and pit our skills against athletes from other nations and codes are few and far between and next month we will test ourselves against arguably the strongest ever Australian team to come here.

"Not only do they include the best of the AFL in terms of talent but they have experience of this code in their ranks, not least with their management team whose exploits both in their domestic game and indeed in this code, are proven.

"It's a challenge we will relish and I look forward to working with Joe and his selectors and all of the lads on the panel to do our best to keep the Cormac McAnallen Cup in Ireland."

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