Rose and Molinari named playing captains for Team Cup

Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari person been confirmed arsenic nan playing captains for nan 2025 Team Cup successful Abu Dhabi.

The Team Cup sees Great Britain and Ireland return connected Continental Europe complete 3 days successful a Ryder Cup-style lucifer play contest.

Italy's Molinari led Continental Europe to triumph successful nan inaugural version successful 2023, while Englishman Rose will skipper Great Britain and Ireland for nan first time.

The 2025 tourney is taking spot astatine nan Abu Dhabi Golf Resort's National Course from 10-12 January.

"It’ll beryllium unusual going up against Fran successful a lucifer play title alternatively than him being connected nan aforesaid side," Rose said.

"But it’s thing I americium really looking guardant to, moreover though I cognize it will beryllium reliable fixed Fran’s history not conscionable successful this title but successful nan Ryder Cup too.

"There is truthful overmuch breathtaking talent from Great Britain and Ireland connected nan DP World Tour correct now – it will beryllium awesome to person nan chance to effort and mould them into a winning team."

Molinari added: "I’m delighted to person nan opportunity to skipper Continental Europe again and to effort and successfully take sides nan Team Cup.

"It was a really typical week successful 2023 and was awesome to spot players from truthful galore different countries crossed nan continent moving towards 1 azygous goal.

"I person immense respect for Justin, he is simply a awesome competitor and going up against him and his squad is simply a situation I’m really relishing."

The brace will return complaint of 10-strong teams made up of DP World Tour members pinch Europe's Ryder Cup skipper Luke Donald overseeing proceedings and consulting connected nan 5 captain's selections connected each side.

"I’m really pleased that nan Team Cup is returning arsenic it provided immoderate invaluable acquisition for a batch of players past year," Donald said.

"I deliberation each of america sewage a batch retired of nan week successful position of experiencing nan characteristic of a squad environment.

"It besides helped everyone progressive to understand, done nan past Ryder Cup captains who came and said to nan players during nan event, conscionable what it intends to correspond Europe successful nan Ryder Cup."