The Australian Football League has announced its 24-man squad for the upcoming International Rules series which is to be played in Dublin and Galway at the end of the month.
The squad, which will again be coached by Essendon legend Kevin Sheedy, will be defending the Cormac McAnallen trophy, which it won 2-0 on home soil last year.
Sheedy said the squad's make up had been based on last year's successful model with an emphasis on pace and youth, sprinkled with older players who had successfully played the game at International Level in earlier years.
"The ball will spend a lot of time on the ground and we showed last year that we can be very successful with a young, fast group, with a real emphasis on their ability to kick the ball and to be able to chase and tackle well," Sheedy said.
"At least seven or eight of our squad possess absolutely elite-level pace while we also a good group of taller players with very good ability to get around the ground."
The squad will gather next week in Melbourne before departing for Ireland on October 21st.
The first Test at Pearce Stadium, Galway on Saturday October 28th will be the first ever between the two sides to be played under lights in.
The second Test will be played at Croke Park on Sunday November 5.
Australian squad in full:
Chance Bateman (Hawthorn), Campbell Brown (Hawthorn), Ryan Crowley (Fremantle), Aaron Davey (Melbourne), Nick Davis (Sydney), Sam Fisher (St Kilda), Dustin Fletcher (Essendon), Lindsay Gilbee (Western Bulldogs), Brendon Goddard (St Kilda), Barry Hall (Sydney), Graham Johncock (Adelaide), Matthew Lappin (Carlton), James McDonald (Melbourne), David Mundy (Fremantle), Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney), Brett Peake (Fremantle), Danyle Pearce (Port Adelaide), Andrew Raines (Richmond), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), Adam Schneider (Sydney), Adam Selwood (West Coast), Justin Sherman (Brisbane Lions), Kade Simpson (Carlton), Brent Stanton (Essendon).