The four squads have been announced for this weekend’s Allianz GAA Football Inter Provincial Series at Croke Park. The Leinster squad is led by Dublin’s nine-time All-Ireland winning history makers James McCarthy and Stephen Cluxton with 11 counties represented for the boys in green. Armagh’s All-Ireland winners have a strong presence in the Ulster ranks and are led by Paddy Burns, Oisín Conaty, Aidan Forker, and Rian and Oisín O’Neill. Connacht’s squad includes players from London and New York and is led by Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea and Galway’s Cillian McDaid. Kerry’s experienced duo Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor headline the Munster squad. Friday night will see Connacht face Leinster at 6pm followed by the meeting of Ulster and Munster at 8pm. On Saturday the opening match sees the two beaten teams from Friday night meeting at 5.30pm followed by the clash of the two Friday night winners at 7.30pm. The backdrop to the event is the trialing of the seven core enhancements put forward by the Football Review Committee and the subject of a special congress at the end of November. Tickets are available from GAA.ie. Friday night’s games will be shown live on TG4 and Saturday’s games will be shown live on RTÉ.

Connacht 1 Connor Gleeson, Galway 2 Johnny McGrath, Galway 3 Brian Stack, Roscommon 4 Sean Mulkerrin, Galway 5 Cillian McDaid, Galway 6 John Daly, Galway 7 Eoghan McLoughlin, Mayo 8 Jack Carney, Mayo 9 John Maher, Galway 10 Matthew Tierney, Galway 11 Bob Touhy, Mayo 12 Enda Smith, Roscommon 13 Diarmuid Murtagh, Roscommon 14 Aidan O’Shea, Mayo 15 Daire Cregg, Roscommon 16 Conor Carroll, Roscommon 17 Ruaidhrí Fallon, Roscommon 18 Mark Diffley, Leitrim 19 Johnny Heaney, Galway 20 Shane Brosnan, New York 21 Ultan Harney, Roscommon 22 Barry McNulty, Leitrim 23 Conor Cox, Roscommon 24 Donie Smith, Roscommon 25 Ciaran Murtagh, Roscommon 26 Diarmuid Duffy, Mayo 27 Fergal Boland, Mayo 28 Pat Spillane, Sligo 29 Aidan McLoughlin, London 30 Liam Gallagher, London Standby Players 31 Paul Towey, Mayo 32 Keith Byrne, Leitrim 33 Shay Rafter, London 34 Eddie McGinness, Sligo 35 Cian Lally, Sligo 36 Joey Grace, New York 37 Shane Brosnan, New York 38 Daire Rooney, London