Casement Park in Belfast is being lined up to host the next International Rules test in Ireland in 2013.

Limeirick's Gaelic Grounds got the nod this year ahead of Casement Park, but the Anderstown Road venue will be in a better position to stage the game in three years as it is due to be upgraded to a 40,000 all-seater stadium in the meantime.

"We would love to be in a position to do it up there (in Casement Park). It was considered this time around but it just wasn't considered quite suitable enough. We needed more seats basically," GAA Operations Manager Feargal McGill said yesterday.

"It would be an absolute ambition of everyone in the GAA to have an international game staged in Belfast, or somewhere in the Six Counties. That would be absolutely outstanding. It would be a nice payback to many GAA people who have worked so hard up there over the years."

McGill was speaking at the announcement of a 60-man shortlist for the Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup Team of the Century. The 60 nominees all played Sigerson Cup football in the last 100 years and include Maurice Fitzgerald (UCC/Kerry), Billy Morgan (UCC/Kerry) and Enda Colleran (UCG/Galway). The final 15 will be decided next month by a committee chaired by Dr Mick Loftus. Tweet

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