When will Mansfield Town's international stars play during the break?
Mansfield Town have had two League One fixtures postponed as we enter the international break.
League One does not have an official international break but clubs are able to request for matches to be rescheduled if three of more of their players are called-up to represent their country.
Stags exercised that right as Lucas Akins (Grenada), Nathan Moriah-Welsh (Guyana) and Jon Russell (Jamaica) all received call-ups, meaning their games against Leyton Orient and Wigan have been postponed.
With Stags now taking a brief break, let’s take a look at when their players will be in action for their countries over the coming days.
When are Mansfield Town players in international action?
Grenada, Guyana and Jamaica are all competing in the Concacaf Nations League this week. Moriah-Welsh has already played for Guyana, who beat Puerto Rico 1-0 on Thursday. The Stags wide man played the full 90 minutes for the Golden Jaguars.
Guyana are back in action this Sunday against Cayman Islands, followed by back-to-back meetings with Dominica on 1st and 4th October.
Akins will be in contention to play for Grenada this evening when they kick-off against Cuba at 10pm BST. They are then up against Saint Kitts and Nevis on 29th September, and Bonaire twice on both 3rd and 6th October.
Russell was confirmed to have received a call-up to Jamaica but his name does not feature on their Concacaf Nations League squad list.
The midfielder, who has missed the last four games for Stags, was named as a substitute to face Burton but he withdrew during the warm-up.
Shedding light on Russell’s absence, Nigel Clough said after the match: “Jon got called up for Jamaica and wanted to give it a go. We wanted him to give it a go because he’s our top scorer from midfield. So he said, ‘let me see if I can do the warm-up and see how it feels’.
“It’s not gone or anything but he’s aware of it, so we’ll see how he is this week and if he’s fit enough to join up or not. It’s just an awareness [of his injury], so we pulled him out.”
The Reggae Boyz play tomorrow (26th September) at 1am BST against Guatemala, followed by Honduras on 29th September. Jamaica will then face El Salvador on 3rd October before another meeting with Honduras three days later.