Kilbane in fitness race for final Euro qualifiers

KEVIN KILBANE admits he’s in a race against time to be fit for selection for Ireland’s final two group games of the European Championship qualifying campaign.

The veteran’s remarkable run of 66 consecutive competitive caps came to an abrupt end when a back problem ruled him out of the games against Slovakia and Russia.

That injury has settled down a bit since but now Kilbane is struggling with a hamstring problem.