Ireland World Cup squad

[Anita Bath]

5 hours ago, Maxi mum said:

I don’t think that is up to date, Martin Reilly doesn’t play at Sheffield

 

James Mulvaney plays for Rochdale Mayfield not Rochdale Hornets

[yipyee]

7 hours ago, Mr Frisky said:

What about LMS and Kyle Amor?

As commentators?

[jim_57]

I’m sure I saw somewhere recently Jai Field was eligible under heritage.

Old article but it says he’s eligible Here.

Edited September 22, 2022 by jim_57

[SydneyRoosters]

4 hours ago, jim_57 said:

I’m sure I saw somewhere recently Jai Field was eligible under heritage.

Old article but it says he’s eligible Here.

It’s a great grandparent so his not eligible.

[Mr Frisky]

1 hour ago, SydneyRoosters said:

It’s a great grandparent so his not eligible.

He should call Tony Cascarino for advice on playing for Ireland. 

[jim_57]

4 hours ago, SydneyRoosters said:

It’s a great grandparent so his not eligible.

Fair enough then.

[Niels]

On 22/09/2022 at 07:12, Mr Frisky said:

He should call Tony Cascarino for advice on playing for Ireland. 

I think his mother was Irish so he was eligible.

It's good to see Michael Ward from Batley in the team. He has had a great season. 

[Sports Prophet]

They may be the only other nation with predominantly northern hemisphere born players to make it out of the group stage. 

Lebanon will take some beating.

[Mr Frisky]

3 hours ago, Niels said:

I think his mother was Irish so he was eligible.

It's good to see Michael Ward from Batley in the team. He has had a great season. 

I think you're as wrong as you can be - read his book

[Harry Stottle]

I believe Ed Chamberlain and Keanan Brand from Leigh are in the squad.

[Barley Mow]

6 hours ago, Mr Frisky said:

I think you're as wrong as you can be - read his book

As I understand it, Cascarino originally thought he qualified on the basis of his mother's Irish father. Having played for them for a number of years his mother told him that she was actually adopted and Tony therefore wasn't genetically descended from that grandfather. He assumed this meant that he didn't qualify for them, but kept quiet about it until he published his book after retiring.

Had he been a RL player he might not have qualified, but association football qualification includes citizenship and entitlement to citizenship as qualification criteria (except for England, Scotland, Wales & NI because we are all British citizens). The FA of Ireland have confirmed that Cascarino would be entitled to Irish citizenship because their citizenship law treats adopted children the same as any others, so it turns out he did qualify after all.

Edited September 25, 2022 by Barley Mow

[Mr Frisky]

1 hour ago, Barley Mow said:

As I understand it, Cascarino originally thought he qualified on the basis of his mother's Irish father. Having played for them for a number of years his mother told him that she was actually adopted and Tony therefore wasn't genetically descended from that grandfather. He assumed this meant that he didn't qualify for them, but kept quiet about it until he published his book after retiring.

Had he been a RL player he might not have qualified, but association football qualification includes citizenship and entitlement to citizenship as qualification criteria (except for England, Scotland, Wales & NI because we are all British citizens). The FA of Ireland have confirmed that Cascarino would be entitled to Irish citizenship because their citizenship law treats adopted children the same as any others, so it turns out he did qualify after all.

But not when he was playing for them.

[Barley Mow]

4 hours ago, Mr Frisky said:

But not when he was playing for them.

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand.

Are you saying that Irish citizenship law has changed since he stopped playing?

[Rene_Artois]

I'm a bit surprised Ben Johnston hasn't been selected following an excellent season.

[Harry Stottle]

2 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

I'm a bit surprised Ben Johnston hasn't been selected following an excellent season.

The playwrite or the sprinter

[dkw]

On 25/09/2022 at 12:01, Barley Mow said:

As I understand it, Cascarino originally thought he qualified on the basis of his mother's Irish father. Having played for them for a number of years his mother told him that she was actually adopted and Tony therefore wasn't genetically descended from that grandfather. He assumed this meant that he didn't qualify for them, but kept quiet about it until he published his book after retiring.

Had he been a RL player he might not have qualified, but association football qualification includes citizenship and entitlement to citizenship as qualification criteria (except for England, Scotland, Wales & NI because we are all British citizens). The FA of Ireland have confirmed that Cascarino would be entitled to Irish citizenship because their citizenship law treats adopted children the same as any others, so it turns out he did qualify after all.

He knew he wasn't eligible after 2 or 3 games when he applied for an Irish passport and got turned down, the letter he received explained he had no Irish ancestors at all.