Padraig Joyce appointed Rules captain
Manager Pete McGrath has announced his provisional panel of players ahead of next month's Coca Cola International Rules Series against Australia.
The 42-man panel is: Philip Loughran, Armagh; Steven Mc Donnell, Armagh; Graham Canty, Cork; Anthony Lynch, Cork; Setanta O hAilpín, Cork/Carlton; Feargal Doherty, Derry; Sean Marty Lockhart, Derry; Enda Muldoon, Derry; Brendan Coulter, Down; Michael Mc Veigh, Down; Alan Brogan, Dublin; Stephen Cluxton, Dublin; Brian Cullen, Dublin; Martin McGrath, Fermanagh; Barry Owens, Fermanagh; Padraig Joyce, Galway; Eoin Brosnan, Kerry; Colm Cooper, Kerry; Michael Mc Carthy, Kerry; Tomás Ó Sé, Kerry; Declan O'Sullivan, Kerry; Tadhg Kennelly, Kerry/Sydney Swans; Tom Kelly, Laois; John Galvin, Limerick; Paul Barden, Longford; David Heaney, Mayo; Kieran McDonald, Mayo; Ronan McGarrity, Mayo; Trevor Mortimer, Mayo; James Nallen, Mayo; Ciarán McManus, Offaly; Seamus O'Neill, Roscommon; Declan Browne, Tipperary; Sean Cavanagh, Tyrone; Philip Jordan, Tyrone; Brian McGuigan, Tyrone; Ryan McMenamin, Tyrone; Stephen O'Neill, Tyrone; Dessie Dolan, Westmeath; Denis Glennon, Westmeath; Rory O'Connel
l, Westmeath; Mattie Forde, Wexford.
Mr McGrath added that other players could be added to the panel in the coming weeks and announced that Padraig Joyce had been appointed captain.
The first test will take place in Croke Park on October 17, followed by the second a week later.
