Ireland Under-21 manager Don Givens, has named a largely unchanged side for Ireland's friendly clash with Finland in Helsinki on August 20th.
Manchester United's highly rated defender John O'Shea will captain the side and is likely to feature is the centre off defence alongside Stockport's Jim Goodwin. Also named in the squad is Thomas Butler, who recently signed a lucrative long term deal with Sunderland.
The full squad is: Joe Murphy (West Brom), John O'Shea (Man United), Graham Stack (Arsenal), Jim Goodwin (Stockport), John Thompson (Nottingham Forest), Thomas Butler (Sunderland), Paul Tierney (Man United), Clifford Byrne (Sunderland), Liam Millar (Celtic), Michael Doyle (Celtic), Dwayne Mattis (Huddersfield), Shaun Byrne (West Ham), Ben Burgess (Stockport), Joe Gamble (Reading), Jonathan Daly (Stockport), Michael Keane (Preston NE), Graham Barrett (Arsenal)
Filed by Rob Wright
