International Hurling Match at Etihad Stadium Melbourne
In a competition organized by Etihad Airlines in Ireland named "Best Club Down Under" Clarinbridge GAA Club from County Galway won the competition from hundreds of Clubs. Their reward being a trip to Australia to take part in the first ever International Hurling game. This will take place at Etihad Stadium on Friday 28th October. The match which will start at 5 45 pm will be the curtain raiser to the Australia versus Ireland International Rules match and will feature the Australasian "All Stars" against Clarinbridge from County Galway.
About the teams:
The All Stars were selected as the best 25 hurlers from the four States that competed in the 2011 Australasian Championships in Brisbane in early October. Of the 25 players selected 23 will be involved against Clarinbridge which shows how highly they rate taking part in the inaugural International Hurling game.
The All Star players taking part in the match are:
Western Australia: Peter Casey, Michael Farrell, John O'Connell, Kieran O'Keefe, Fergus Short
Victoria: Mark Briody, Stephen Coyne, Padraig Fanning, Donal Heffernan, Colm Kennedy, Sean O'Leary
New South Wales: Conner Hassett, Eoighan O'Brien, Alan O'Neil, Thomas Quirke, Daniel Whyte
Queensland: Rory Conroy, Barry Egan, Patrick Lanigan, Oisin Lynch, Robert O'Leary, Thomas Quinn, Kieran Roche
The team will be managed jointly by Kieran Quinn (Queensland) & Eamonn Fitzgerald (W.A.)
Clarinbridge GAA Club are the reigning All Ireland Hurling Club Champions and will be a formidable opponent for the All Stars. They have been in existence since 1889 and play in the maroon colours of Galway.
Their team for the game is:
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Aaron Bindon |
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Shane Heavey |
Aidan Quinn |
Alan Carr |
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Thomas Neylan |
Paraic Cormican |
Liam Madden |
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Michael Forde |
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Alan Hooban |
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Bernie Conlon |
David Donohue |
Kevin Conlon |
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Richard Burke |
Micheal Donoghue |
Hugh Forde |
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Conor Lawless |
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Michael Forde Snr. |
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Sean Trowell |
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Tom Conlon |
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Ciaran Keane |
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Michael Dillon |
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Enda Armstrong |
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Bosco Forde |
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Martin Forde |
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Damian McGrath |
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Kevin Flynn |
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James Brett |
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