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John O'Keefe has announced his panel for the forthcoming International Rules Test Series against Australia on October 24 and 31.

The 27 strong squad features a total of fifteen players who will be making their debuts in Australia.
These include Cork’s Colin Corkery, Brian Dooher of Tyrone and Armagh’s Stephen McDonnell.
Seventeen counties in all are represented with All-Ireland finalists Tyrone and Armagh both having three representatives each.
Laois and Cork also have three players each on the panel.
Kieran McGeeney and Sean Marty Lockhart are the only survivors from the 1998 series when the International Rules test games were revived after an eight-year lapse. The team will be captained by Graham Canty of Cork.

The first test will take place in the Subiaco Oval in Perth on Friday October 24 and the 43,000 capacity stadium is already sold out.
The second test will be in the MCG in Melbourne on Friday October 31 and another large attendance is expected in a stadium which can accommodate 80,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login,000 people.
The panel is:
Enda Murphy (Kildare), Joe Bergin (Galway), Declan Browne (Tipperary), Graham Canty (Cork), Kevin Cassidy (Donegal), Paddy Christie (Dublin), Colin Corkery (Cork), Brendan Coulter (Down), Gary Cox (Roscommon),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Cathal Daly (Offaly), Brian Dooher (Tyrone), Des Dolan (Westmeath),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Thomas Freeman (Monaghan), Trevor Giles (Meath), Joe Higgins (Laois), Kevin Hughes (Tyrone), Padraig Joyce (Galway), Tomás Kelly (Laois), Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry), Anthony Lynch (Cork),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Cormac Mc Anallen (Tyrone), Ciaran Mc Manus (Offaly), Brian Mc Donald (Laois), Steven Mc Donnell (Armagh), Kieran McGeeney (Armagh), Paul McGrane (Armagh), Odhran O’Dwyer (Clare)

Standby players:
Shane Ryan (Dublin), James Gill (Mayo), Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone), Stephen Kelly (Limerick),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Declan Meehan (Galway) and Stephen Cluxton (Dublin).