Munster feel to Irish club side

MUNSTER sides provide the backbone for the Ireland Club side to face England Counties at Stourbridge on Friday night (7.30pm)

AIB League Champions Shannon and newly-crowned AIB Cup Champions Cork Constitution have three players apiece on the starting side while Dolphin quartet Sam Cronin, Barry Keeshan, Barry O’Mahony and Eric Maloney are named in the first 15.

The squad is selected from players in the AIB League who are not currently on a professional contract.

Twelve clubs are represented in the squad – Ballymena, Blackrock, Clontarf, Cork Constitution, Dolphin, Galwegians, Old Belvedere, St Mary’s College, Shannon and UCC UL Bohemians.

AIB CLUB INTERNATIONAL: D O’Shea (Clontarf), J Cleary (Galwegians) , E Moloney (Dolphin) , E Ryan (Cork Constitution) , S Kelly (Shannon) , B Keeshan (Dolphin) , S Cronin (Dolphin) , Captain M Gately (Cork Constitution), M Essex (Shannon) , S Shawe (Ballymena) , P Huntly (Blackrock College) , F Walsh (Shannon) , R Leyden (Old Belvedere) , B O’Mahony (Dolphin) , F Cogan (Cork Constitution).

Replacements: A Dundon (Clontarf) , C Condon (Dolphin) , S Crawford (Clontarf) , H Hogan (St. Mary’s College) , C Sheridan (UL Bohemians) , D Fitzpatrick (Blackrock College) , S Scanlon (University College Cork) .