Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - McCloskey ya karbi kira na farko zuwa ga manyan 'yan wasan Ireland daga kocin Joe Schmidt don gasar zakarun Turai ta 2016
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 27 ga Fabrairun 2016 an hada shi a cikin Ireland yana farawa 15 a karo na farko a cikin rashin nasara 21-10 da Ingila a Twickenham. Dole ne McCloskey ya jira har zuwa 18 ga Nuwamba 2017 don kiran sa na gaba zuwa ƙungiyar Irish. An zaɓe shi don gwaji na biyu a kan Fiji a cikin tsakiyar tsakiyar, kuma ya buga cikakken minti 80 a cikin nasara 23-20.