Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Don Givens today named an 18-man squad for next month’s double-header UEFA Under-21 European Championship qualifying matches away to Georgia and Armenia.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Don Givens today named his squad for the two UEFA Under-21 European Championship qualifying matches to take place in October.

Owen Garvan produced a man-of-the-match performance to score twice for the Republic of Ireland U-21s to earn a draw against Portugal in Madeira.

Striker Karl Moore has been called into the Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad ahead of the UEFA Under-21 European Championship qualifier against Portugal next Tuesday.

Don Givens has named his starting XI to take on England in tomorrow night’s crucial UEFA U-21 European Championship qualifying match in Turner’s Cross.