Tipperary’s Willlie Maher and Kilkenny’s Conor Phelan will manage the senior side bidding to prevent a Scottish five-in-a-row of series wins.

Hurling-Shinty: Scotland 3-6-4 (23) Ireland 2-3-4 (14)

Ireland 5-6 Scotland 3-7

The Ireland senior and U-21 squads have been named for this Saturday's Hurling-Shinty international matches at Croke Park and Ratoath respectively.