Ireland squad:@ Dave Allen (Widnes), Luke Ambler (Halifax), Bob Beswick (Leigh), Damien Blanch (Catalan Dragons), Danny Bridge (Warrington), Ben Currie (Warrington), Liam Finn (Featherstone, capt), Simon Finnigan (Leigh), Scott Grix (Huddersfield), Simon Grix (Warrington), Kurt Haggerty (Barrow), James Hasson (Manly), Rory Kostjasyn (North Queensland), Stuart Littler (Leigh), Tyrone McCarthy (Warrington), James Mendeika (Swinton), Anthony Mullally (Huddersfield), Eamon O’Carroll (Widnes), Apirana Pewhairangi (Parramatta), Pat Richards (Wigan), Colton Roche (Sheffield), Marc Sneyd (Salford), Josh Toole (St George Illawarra), Brett White (Canberra).

Some players have missed out though namely

Chris Bridge and Ben Harrison who decided to chance their arm playing for England after having their heads turned by Tony Smith. I hope they enjoy watching the World cup on telly. I hope Paddy Mcilorum joins them.

how much of a bitter ex girlfriend do you sound like?

Watch it or i will scratch your eyes out.

seriously i felt Smith misused his position to influence players and that it undermined international the competition ( along with getting rid of GB).

he's not though.it's the thought process of every English (and some non English) top level playerthat they want to play for the best international team. and with the exception of tyke I'd wager good money that almost all of that squad would play for England if they were playing well enough and got the call.


I'll warn you in advance that Ben Currie will definitely be pulling an England jersey on in future

There's a good back-story somewhere to do with how Apirana Pewhairangi qualifies.

Pretty poor side probably one of the worst sides at the world cup

Looks ok to me, they will be better than some of the teams at the world cup.

if you find it let me know

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or both I suppose. It's not exactly that odd to have 2nd/3rd+ generation families in the British Isles with similar names any more though.

USA squad surpasses all other squads for poorness. They will get absolutely spanked.

He sat in the stands at the 2008 World Cup for an Ireland game and drank a pint of Guinness on the same day...thats enough to qualify you for Ireland these days isnt it??

Irish grandmother according to the rlParra websiterl.

Perhaps he got inspired after watching Brett White play for Australia in the 2009 Four Nations Final .....

Rangi Chase

Can't believe Larne Patrick hasn't any Irish ancestry.