With nine reigning champions included, Ireland is poised for a good result against the American team in the glamour boxing international at the National Stadium on Friday night.

Replacements at feather and light welter are unavoidable; Francie Barrett is waiting to contest the national light welter final. This will not be possible until the aborted semi-final between Seanie Barrett of Cork's Rylane and holder Mark Wickham of Wexford is reboxed as ordered on the same bill.

TEAM: light fly - J Rooney (Star); fly - L Cunningham (Saints); bantam - D McKenna (Holy Family Drogheda); feather - T Carlyle (Sacred Heart); light - A Carlyle (Sacred Heart); light welter - F Barrett (Olympic); welter - N Gough (St Pauls); light-middle - M Roche (Sunnyside); light-heavy; A Reynolds (St Joseph's, Sligo); heavy - S Reynolds (St Joseph's, Sligo); super-heavy - J Kinsella (Crumlin).

Team for second international (in Drogheda on Sunday evening): fly - D Campbell (Glin); bantam - W Waite (Holy Family, Belfast); feather - N Hazlett (St Brigids); light - E McEneaney (Dealgan); light-welter - P McCloskey (St Canice).