STEVE McCLAREN’S massive England squad for this week’s friendly with Holland at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday has been trimmed down to 22 following the withdrawal of half a dozen players yesterday.

Mattie Forde, one of the players at the centre of Chris Johnson's controversial sending-off in the recent International Rules Series, has been named on the bench for Leinster's M Donnelly Interprovincial football final clash with Ulster.

The Leinster side for Saturday night's M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final clash with Connacht is backboned by five Dublin players.

PETER CROUCH was called up for England’s World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland as Sven-Goran Eriksson looked for a temporary stand-in for Wayne Rooney but Emile Heskey and Andrew Johnson missed out.

Galway 2-8 Louth 0-9

Galway 1-5 Louth 0-5

Star forward JP Rooney has given Louth a timely boost ahead of their mammoth task against Connacht giants Galway in their football qualifier at Parnell Park on Saturday.