Five members of Brisbane Roar’s Isuzu UTE A-League squad were on national team duty over the course of the November FIFA Men’s Window.
Rafael Struick (Indonesia), Walid Shour (Lebanon), Jack Hingert (Sri Lanka) Marcus Ferkranus (Australia U23) & Lucas Herrington (Australia U20) were all in international action over the past week.
Struick’s Indonesia climbed to third place in an increasingly tight AFC Group C in World Cup qualifying following their matches against AFC heavyweights Japan and Saudi Arabia.
Struick started both matches as Indonesia fell 4-0 to Japan before defeating Saudi Arabia 2-0.
Shour played 90 minutes in midfield for Lebanon in a 0-0 draw against Thailand in an international friendly last Thursday.
Jack Hingert scored his first goal for Sri Lanka with an 89th minute header to secure a 1-0 victory over Yemen in Qatar on Saturday before starting in a 2-0 defeat against the same opposition on Tuesday.
Ferkranus took part in a Subway Australian U-23s six-day training camp at the Blacktown Exercise, Sports & Technology Hub in Western Sydney.
The camp concluded with a friendly match against Western Sydney Wanderers that finished in a 5-4 win for the A-League outfit.
Herrington was part of the Young Socceroos squad for the China Panda Cup held in Chengdu where they faced China PR, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.
The China Panda Cup International Tournament 2024 was be the Young Socceroos’ final assembly prior to their return to China PR for a pre-camp ahead of the AFC U20 Asian Cup China PR 2025â„¢.