Squads named for GAA interpro games to trial new football rules

THE SQUADS HAVE been announced for this weekend’s football interprovincial series at Croke Park.

Four provincial squads will be in action as seven core enhancements put forward by the Football Review Committee are trialed ahead of a special congress at the end of November.

Dublin’s nine-time All-Ireland winners James McCarthy and Stephen Cluxton will both be involved in a Leinster squad which sees 11 counties represented.

Current All-Ireland champions Armagh have a strong representation in the Ulster selection, with Paddy Burns, Oisín Conaty, Aidan Forker and Rian and Oisín O’Neill all included.

Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea and Galway’s Cillian McDaid are in the Connacht squad, which also includes players from London and New York.

Kerry duo Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor are among five Kerry players named in the Munster squad.

The first game of the weekend sees Connacht play Leinster at 6pm on Friday evening, before Ulster take on Munster at 8pm.

The two beaten teams will then be back out for Saturday’s opening match at 5.30pm, before Friday’s two winners go head-t-head at 7.30pm.

Friday’s games will be live on TG4 while the Saturday games will be shown on RTÉ.

Leinster

• 1 Stephen Cluxton, Dublin
• 2 Michael Bambrick, Carlow
• 3 Mark Barry, Laois
• 4 Sean Bugler, Dublin
• 5 Ciaran Byrne, Louth
• 6 Ray Connellan, Westmeath
• 7 Peter Cunningham, Offaly
• 8 Ciaran Downey, Louth
• 9 Ross Dunphy, Carlow
• 10 Kevin Feely, Kildare
• 11 Daniel Flynn, Kildare
• 12 Darren Gallagher, Longford
• 13 Dean Healy, Wicklow
• 14 Ryan Houlihan, Kildare
• 15 Brian Howard, Dublin
• 16 Killian Roche, Laois
• 17 Ronan Jones, Meath
• 18 Donal Keoghan, Meath
• 19 Ciaran Kilkenny, Dublin
• 20 Paul Kingston, Laois
• 21 Craig Lennon, Louth
• 22 James McCarthy, Dublin
• 23 Eoin Murchan, Dublin
• 24 Evan O’Carroll, Laois
• 25 Lee Pearson, Offaly
• 26 Eoin Porter, Wexford
• 27 Kevin Quinn, Wicklow
• 28 John Small, Dublin
• 29 Paddy Small, Dublin
• 30 Ronan Wallace, Westmeath

Connacht

• 1 Connor Gleeson, Galway
• 2 Johnny McGrath, Galway
• 3 Brian Stack, Roscommon
• 4 Sean Mulkerrin, Galway
• 5 Cillian McDaid, Galway
• 6 John Daly, Galway
• 7 Eoghan McLoughlin, Mayo
• 8 Jack Carney, Mayo
• 9 John Maher, Galway
• 10 Matthew Tierney, Galway
• 11 Bob Touhy, Mayo
• 12 Enda Smith, Roscommon
• 13 Diarmuid Murtagh, Roscommon
• 14 Aidan O’Shea, Mayo
• 15 Daire Cregg, Roscommon
• 16 Conor Carroll, Roscommon
• 17 Ruaidhrí Fallon, Roscommon
• 18 Mark Diffley, Leitrim
• 19 Johnny Heaney, Galway
• 20 Shane Brosnan, New York
• 21 Ultan Harney, Roscommon
• 22 Barry McNulty, Leitrim
• 23 Conor Cox, Roscommon
• 24 Donie Smith, Roscommon
• 25 Ciaran Murtagh, Roscommon
• 26 Diarmuid Duffy, Mayo
• 27 Fergal Boland, Mayo
• 28 Pat Spillane, Sligo
• 29 Aidan McLoughlin, London
• 30 Liam Gallagher, London
• 31 Paul Towey, Mayo
• 32 Keith Byrne, Leitrim
• 33 Shay Rafter, London
• 34 Eddie McGinness, Sligo
• 35 Cian Lally, Sligo
• 36 Joey Grace, New York
• 37 Daire Rooney, London

Ulster

• 1 Niall Morgan, Tyrone
• 2 Diarmuid Baker, Derry
• 3 Mark Bradley, Tyrone
• 4 Paddy Burns, Armagh
• 5 Aidan Clarke, Tyrone
• 6 Oisin Conaty, Armagh
• 7 Padraig Faulkner, Cavan
• 8 Aidan Forker, Armagh
• 9 Niall Grimley, Armagh
• 10 Daniel Guiness, Down
• 11 Pat Havern, Down
• 12 Marc Jordan, Antrim
• 13 Conn Kilpatrick, Tyrone
• 14 Barry McBennett, Monaghan
• 15 Ronan McCaffrey, Fermanagh
• 16 Sean McNally, Fermanagh
• 17 Darren McCurry, Tyrone
• 18 Eoin McElholm, Tyrone
• 19 Joe McElroy, Armagh
• 20 Eoin McEvoy, Derry
• 21 Kieran McGeary, Tyrone
• 22 Peter McGrane, Armagh
• 23 Ross McQuillan, Armagh
• 24 Odhran Murdock, Down
• 25 Daire O Baoill, Donegal
• 26 Rian O Neill, Armagh
• 27 Oisin O Neill, Armagh
• 28 Gerry Smith, Cavan
• 29 Ciaran Thompson, Donegal
• 30 Niall Toner, Derry
• 31 Frank Burns, Tyrone
• 32 Mick Byrne, Antrim
• 33 Joe Finnegan, Antrim
• 34 Jason Irwin, Monaghan
• 35 Jason McLoughlin, Cavan
• 36 Fionan O’Brien, Fermanagh

Munster

• 1 Josh Ryan, Limerick
• 2 Darragh Brennan, Tipperary
• 3 Damien Bourke, Kerry
• 4 Darragh Cashman, Cork
• 5 Eoin Cleary, Clare
• 6 Jimmy Feehan, Tipperary
• 7 Aran Griffin, Clare
• 8 Emmet McMahon, Clare
• 9 Brian McNamara, Clare
• 10 Sean Meehan, Cork
• 11 Tadhg Morley, Kerry
• 12 James Naughton, Limerick
• 13 Danny Neville, Limerick
• 14 Colm O Callaghan, Cork
• 15 Diarmuid O Connor, Kerry
• 16 Chris Kelly, Cork
• 17 Conor O Currin, Waterford
• 18 Sean O Dea, Limerick
• 19 Donal O Sullivan, Kerry
• 20 Chris Og Jones, Cork
• 21 Dermot Ryan, Waterford
• 22 Maurice Shanley, Cork
• 23 Killian Spillane, Kerry
• 24 Mark Stokes, Tipperary
• 25 Alan Sweeney, Clare
• 26 Matty Taylor, Cork
• 27 Caomhin Walsh, Waterford
• 28 Tommy Walsh, Cork
• 29 Sean Walsh, Waterford
• 30 Paul Walsh, Cork