[caption id="attachment_67520" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Manager Anthony Tohill and captain Stephen Cluxton at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Tuesday."]
Anthony Tohill, the Irish International Rules manager, has been subjected to much criticism for putting Gaelic footballers in the awkward position of choosing between club and country.
Already Kerry's Darran O'Sullivan and the Brogan brothers, Alan and Bernard, have had to pull out of the trip to Australia, but captain Stephen Cluxton did manage to get away, albeit a day late. The Irish squad left Dublin for Australia on Saturday, but goalkeeper Cluxton stayed behind to play for his club Parnells in their Dublin championship quarterfinal defeat to Ballymun Kickhams.
It seemed a strange choice by the Derryman to appoint a player who will not speak to the media and one who was likely to be involved with his club in the final stages of the county championship.
The first International Rules test against the Aussies is in the Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, on Friday, with the second test in the Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast on Nov. 4.
