Boylan announces his final squad

October 23, 2006

Ireland manager Sean Boylan
Irish International Rules manager Sean Boylan has announced his final squad of 25 players for the first test against Australia in Pearse Stadium, Galway on Saturday. The squad is as follows: Kieran McGeeney (Captain) Armagh, Tadhg Kennelly (Sydney Swans & Kerry), Aidan O Mahoney, Marc Ó Sé, Kieran Donaghy, Paul Galvin, (Kerry), Kevin Reilly, Anthony Moyles, Graham Geraghty (Meath), Alan Quirke, Nicholas Murphy, (Cork), Ronan Clarke, Stephen Mc Donnell (Armagh), Tom Kelly (Laois), Colm Begley (Brisbane Lions & Laois), Sean Martin Lockhart, (Derry), Shane Ryan, Alan Brogan (Dublin), Kieran Fitzgerald, Joe Bergin (Galway), Sean Cavanagh, (Tyrone), Brendan Coulter, (Down), Dermot Early (Kildare), Paul Barden (Longford) and Karl Lacey (Donegal). Boylan also names three players who will be on standby for selection.  They are Stephen O'Nèill of Tyrone, Dessie Dolan of Westmeath and Darragh O Sè of Kerry. The Australian squad arrived in Ireland on Sunday and are currently staying in Killarney where they will have training sessions today and tomorrow. The game in Galway has sold out and already over 55,000 tickets have been snapped up for the Croke Park game.

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