Two Dundalk FC players have been called into the Irish underage setup.
Forward Sean Maguire, a recent recruit to Stephen Kenny’s side, has been named in Noel King’s Ireland U-21 squad ahead of a friendly against Qatar U-23s in Bury on Friday night and the UEFA U-21 Championships Qualifying Round Group 2 fixture away to Andorra on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, George Poynton has been named in Paul Doolin’s Ireland U-19 panel for Monday’s friendly away to Italy in Cava de’ Tirreni.
Dundalk FC travel to the Brandywell tonight to take on Derry City in the EA Sports Cup quarter-finals.
Stephen Kenny has already admitted that he will change things up with a number of youth players set to come into the fray. They are likely to include Ciaran O’Connor, Manuel Kaguako, Ciaran McDonald and George Poynton, who all featured in the 3-0 victory over Bray Wanderers in the previous round.
Also set to come into the side are a number of players who have been on the fringes of the first team in recent weeks, including Mark Rossiter, Simon Kelly, Mark Griffin, Ruaidhrí Higgins and goalkeeper Gabriel Sava.
Kick-off tonight is at 7.45pm.
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