Garvan brace eases Keane’s Tractor Boys past Waterford

TWO GOALS from Dubliner Owen Garvan helped Roy Keane’s Ipswich Town to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Waterford United in an entertaining friendly before a crowd of 3,500 at the sun-splashed RSC last night.

Cork-born Damien Delaney – Ipswich’s new signing from QPR who made his debut against Finn Harps ten days ago – was rested for this one but the starting line-up did include Irish internationals Alex Bruce and Alan Quinn, U21 cap Garvan and the eligible but as yet uncapped David Norris.

And there was also a senior debut, at left-back, for Shane O’Connor, the former Liverpool Academy boy from Cork, whose brace in a recent friendly for the Ipswich reserves earned him a place in Keane’s squad for this Irish trip.