Injuries weaken “fearless” Irish

JOHN O’KEEFE knows exactly what’s required from his 23-man squad, if Ireland are to maintain their record of never having lost an away series to Australia in the International Rules competition.

Their actual game-plan may be a closely guarded secret, but in essence it will be all about achieving a high level of accurate kick passing, and moving the ball forward at pace.

However, O'Keefe must accomplish this without Seamus Moynihan, Darragh Ó Sé, and Trevor Giles along with Darren Fay, Finbarr Cullen, Glen Ryan, and Anthony Tohill who backboned previous winning teams. And, to add to O'Keefe's woes, Declan Browne is out of action due to injury sustained at training on Tuesday.