Keane relishing chance for closure

For all the debate about Robbie Keane’s durability and whether he should even be in Irish starting line-ups these days, it can often be overlooked just how much international football genuinely means to him, beyond the mere status.

In truth, nothing better illustrates that than a match against England.

Given all the dimensions to the fixture, from the latest fuss over players appearing for the English squad to the history of both 1995 and the more distant past, few in the squad articulate all of that as well as Keane.