Kerr gives Miller, Reid first caps

CELTIC midfielder Liam Miller and Nottingham Forest winger Andy Reid are the two uncapped players in the Republic of Ireland squad for the friendly against Canada at Lansdowne Road on November 18.

Miller and Reid are in a squad of 23 players named by manager Brian Kerr, which sees a return for Southampton's utility man Rory Delap, who has not played for the Republic since the scoreless draw with Greece in Athens on November 20 last year.

Skipper Kenny Cunningham returns after a one-match ban that kept him out of the 2-0 defeat in the Group 10 Euro 2004 qualifier against Switzerland in Basle last month.