Irish Hurling/Shinty Squad confirmed
Irish Hurling/Shinty Squad confirmed
Irish Hurling/Shinty Squad confirmed
The Irish Hurling/Shinty senior team squad has been confirmed ahead of the side's second one-off test with Scotland on November 21 with 2015 GAA/GPA Opel All-Star Hurler of the Year TJ Reid included in the panel of eighteen.
Managers Jeffrey Lynskey (Galway) and Gregory O'Kane (Antrim) will be keen for a reversal of fortunes following the 3-15 to 2-8 defeat to Scotland in Inverness last month
Glen MacKintosh, Liam MacDonald and Fraser Heath all struck for the Scots in the opening period in Inverness to give them a 3-14 to 0-4 lead at the break.
With players of the proven pedigree of Patrick Maher (Tipperary), David McInerney (Clare), Shane Moloney (Galway) and Matthew Whelan, Eoin Reilly and Zane Keenan (all Laois) in their squad, an Ireland fightback was inevitable, and it was Laois man Keenan who led the way with 0-8 while Shane Nolan struck both goals.
Lynskey and O'Kane will also be able to call on the services of All Star Waterford forward Maurice Shanahan, who was named in the squad for the first game but had to pull out with a hamstring injury, while the availability of Kilkenny star Reid is also a major boost.
Patrick Maher, who was a late replacement for Shanahan in Inverness, is not included in the squad for the Croke Park clash
Tickets for the game are priced at EUR25 for adults and EUR5 for juveniles and are available on GAA.ie/tickets and from selected SuperValu and Centra stores nationwide.
Live coverage of the Hurling/Shinty international will be broadcast on RTÉ2 from 4.25pm.
The second game in the 2015 Senior Hurling/Shinty International Series is a stand-alone game, a change from last year's two-legged aggregate format, and will throw-in in Croke Park at 4.35pm prior to the EirGrid International Rules game between Ireland and Australia (7pm).
The Irish panel in full is as follows:
Ireland Senior Hurling/Shinty International Team 2015
Eoin Reilly (Goalkeeper) (Laois)Mickey Burke (Meath)Bernard Deay (Kildare)Paul Divilly (Kildare)Damien Healy (Meath)Zane Keenan (Laois)Shane Maloney (Galway)Neal McAuley (Antrim)David McInerney (Clare)Derek McNicholas (Westmeath)Bryan Murphy (Kerry)Pat Kelly (Kerry)Shane Nolan (Kerry)TJ Reid (Kilkenny)Eoin Price (Westmeath)Maurice Shanahan (Waterford)James Togher (Meath)Matthew Whelan (Capt) (Laois)
Photo: Neil Paterson
