We are delighted to announce the following Railway players have made the Leinster u16 / u18 squads for the upcoming interprovincial series. We would like to congratulate them, their parents, secondary schools and importantly their primary schools where many young players first start their hockey journey.

Leinster Girls u18s
Chloe Hiles (St Andrews College / Booterstown NS)
Clara Michelle Howard (Holy Child Killiney / Loreto Dalkey JS)
Isabella Willis (Muckross Park / Loreto OTG Junior School)
Jessica Carroll (Mount Anville / Mt Anville JS)
Nicole Barry (Mount Anville / Scoil San Treasa Mt Merrion)

Leinster Girls u16s
None

Leinster Boys u16s
Hugo Thornton (Sandford Park / Rathgar JS)
James Gallagher (St Andrew College / St Andrews JS)
Stephen O’Leary (Willow Park)

## Charlie Trotter (St Andrews College / Booterstown NS)
## Luke Murphy (Sandford Park / St Matthews NS)
– not eligible for selection as Irish u16 players

Leinster Boys u18s
Luke Murphy - GK (Sandford Park / St Matthews NS)
## Toby Slye-O’Connell (St Andrews College / St Matthews NS)
not eligible for selection as Irish u18 player

We would also like to congratulate all the players who were part of this assessment process and sympathy to those players who just missed out in the final selection. Its always hard and every player who has played hockey has missed out on selection at some stage of their sporting career.

It should be noted that as Irish u16 and u18 players are not considered for Interpro selection is a new decision made by Hockey Ireland. As a club we believe this is a regressive step by Hockey Ireland introduced for the first time this year. It has many flaws not least it assumes the Irish underage selection process itself is flawless, which recent years has shown not to be the case, and fails to recognise the Irish youth players also want to represent their province

We do hope with wider consultation with the players, their parents, their clubs and schools in the future for a more balanced view of the performance pathway for young players who all develop at different rates.