Just 48 hours before the Ireland squad depart for Australia, Fermanagh footballer Marty McGrath expressed his delight to have received a late call-up to represent his country in the two-Test International Rules series which begins next Friday.

It has emerged that Marty McGrath spearheaded Fermanagh's qualification for the Ulster SFC final in the summer, while privately having to cope with being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Fermanagh midfielder Martin McGrath's bad luck with injuries continued last weekend when he was injured in a freak accident involving a digger.