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Just caught the back end of a sports report where they were saying that a Scot who'd just took out Australian citizenship has been selected to the Australian Football squad. Sorry, unsure of the first name, but I'm pretty sure the surname was Doyle. :)
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Hughie, It might be the Hibs player Martin Boyle ??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Boyle
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You are dead right, Brian. This from our national ABC:
Martin Boyle could make Socceroos debut this weekend after only recently arriving in Australia
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-13/ ... a/10491644
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Mark Milligan also of Hibs is captaining the socceroos tonight in a friendly match from Brisbane against South Korea - before the start of the Asia Cup.
You might recognise the names:

Coach: Graham Arnold
Ryan - Risdon - Sainsbury - Milligan - Behich - Luongo - Mooy - Rogic - Leckie - Kruse - Maclaren
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Martin Boyle scored twice the other night for the Socceroos in their 3-0 win against Lebanon in a friendly. Tim Cahill came on in the last ten minutes to mark the end of his international career.

Boyle's dad was born in Australia so Martin qualifies to play for Australia even though he only set foot here for the first time I believe just a couple of weeks ago - he looks very good.
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Martin- Battered the Rangers today :club: :cry:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59 ... t_medium=R
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brian f wrote: Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:10 pm Martin- Battered the Rangers today :club: :cry:
Aye, he certainly did, it was a joy to watch.

Celtic v Hibernian in the Final next month should be a fantastic occasion.
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Made up for you. Enjoy.
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Here's the story as reported here in Australia:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-22/ ... /100638876
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[quote=Hughie post_id=165830 time=1542447149 user_id=2]
Mark Milligan also of Hibs is captaining the socceroos tonight in a friendly match from Brisbane against South Korea - before the start of the Asia Cup.
You might recognise the names:

Coach: Graham Arnold
Ryan - Risdon - Sainsbury - Milligan - Behich - Luongo - Mooy - Rogic - Leckie - Kruse - Maclaren
[/quote]

Only last week or so Tom Rogic was out for 3 weeks due to injury (hamstring?) and now it appears he's sufficiently fit to fly to Brisbane for a friendly?
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brian f wrote: Sun Nov 21, 2021 11:38 pm Made up for you. Enjoy.
brian f, I'm no' exactly sure what you mean by that.


If Hibernian - especially Aussie Martin Boyle - play as well in the final against Celtic as they did yesterday though, then we're in for a cracker of a match, I'm sure you'll agree.
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Kittywake wrote: Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:16 pm
brian f wrote: Sun Nov 21, 2021 11:38 pm Made up for you. Enjoy.
brian f, I'm no' exactly sure what you mean by that.


Happy for you!
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