Ireland manager Joe Kernan will finalise his 23-man squad for the International Rules test on Wednesday.

The Bernard Brogan captained Irish will play host to the Aussies at Croke Park on Saturday, November 21st and Kernan has been pleased with how preparations have gone.

"There has been a great effort shown by the players over the course of the last eight weeks and it is great to see players from all over the country involved and eager to be a part of this," Kernan told RTE.

"We can see an improvement with every session and the standard is really high.

"We've been working with an enlarged squad to be fair to players who were carrying injuries and who had club commitments and it enabled us to have enough players for internal matches.

"Unfortunately injuries and club commitments will rule out some players for consideration - but I am very happy with the calibre of player that we have and I'm very confident that we will have a strong squad that is well prepared for the test with the Aussies."

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