football can be full of irony but nothing quite like this two of England's key players Dean rice and Jack greish both have strong Irish Roots while neither was born in Ireland they grew up with deep connections to the country Dean Rice born in London represented Ireland at Youth Level before making the switch to England Jack greish raised in Birmingham also played for Ireland's youth teams fast forward to now and these two are pivotal for England scoring key goals on the international stage it's the kind of story that makes football so unpredictable two players once embraced by Ireland now leading the charge for England and scoring the goals that tore their former team apart yo