IRELAND SQUAD: Liam Harrison (Barrow Raiders), George Flanagan (Batley Bulldogs), Damien Blanch (Catalan Dragons), Elliott Cosgrove (Dewsbury Rams), Liam Finn (Featherstone Rovers), Ryan Fieldhouse, James Haley, Paul Handforth, Bob Beswick (Halifax RLFC), Jamie O'Callaghan, Jason Golden (Harlequins RL), Gregg McNally (Huddersfield Giants), Luke Ambler, Kyle Amor, Callum Casey (Leeds Rhinos), Joe Taylor (North Dublin Eagles), Paddy Boyle (Oxford RL), Nathan Ashe, Aaron McCloskey, Ian Cross (St Helens), Sean Gleeson, Ryan Boyle (Salford City Reds), Vinny Finnigan, Tim Bergin (Sheffield Eagles), Ged Corcoran (Toulouse), Lemeki Vaipulu (Treaty City Titans), Stewart Howarth (Wakfield Trinity Wildcats), Tyrone McCarthy (Warrington Wolves), Kurt Hegarty, Simon Finnegan (Widnes Vikings)
IRELAND SQUAD: Liam Harrison (Barrow Raiders), George Flanagan (Batley Bulldogs), Damien Blanch (Catalan Dragons), Elliott Cosgrove (Dewsbury Rams), Liam Finn (Featherstone Rovers), Ryan Fieldhouse, James Haley, Paul Handforth, Bob Beswick (Halifax RLFC), Jamie O'Callaghan, Jason Golden (Harlequins RL), Gregg McNally (Huddersfield Giants), Luke Ambler, Kyle Amor, Callum Casey (Leeds Rhinos), Joe Taylor (North Dublin Eagles), Paddy Boyle (Oxford RL), Nathan Ashe, Aaron McCloskey, Ian Cross (St Helens), Sean Gleeson, Ryan Boyle (Salford City Reds), Vinny Finnigan, Tim Bergin (Sheffield Eagles), Ged Corcoran (Toulouse), Lemeki Vaipulu (Treaty City Titans), Stewart Howarth (Wakfield Trinity Wildcats), Tyrone McCarthy (Warrington Wolves), Kurt Hegarty, Simon Finnegan (Widnes Vikings)
Congrats to the players. However and I think this is where Rugby League is a joke thats is not an Ireland National team but a Irish Heritage team! 30 players and just a couple are Irish born. Pathetic for me as there a number of teams now playing in Ireland. People who know me will know I have German Heritage and am very proud of that. But we have never had more than 5 Heritage players in a game and the rest have been German born (as well as myself with a German parent but living in Germany since 2002). The RLIF who are supposed to be running the International game are a joke. There should be a maximum of 6 Heritage players and players should only be allowed to play for 1 Nation. There are players picked for England that have played for Scotland and Ireland. Thats just not on. Good luck to the players chosen but it annoys me to see the likes of Ireland, Scotland and Italy just fill the teams with Heritage players whilst the native players dont get much of a chance and thats wrong for me.
Where are the Irish team playing their matches and who against? Think Sherriffe and White have dropped lucky arn`t they going to Florida to play against USA and South Africa?
Where are the Irish team playing their matches and who against? Think Sherriffe and White have dropped lucky arn`t they going to Florida to play against USA and South Africa?
Scotland and France
RLEF AUTUMN EUROPEAN TEST SERIES Scotland v Ireland – Sunday October 16 – Scotstoun, Glasgow (2pm) France v Scotland – Saturday October 29 – Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan (3pm) Ireland v France – Saturday November 5 – Thomond Park, Limerick (8pm)