Forgotten man Hunt doesn’t expect Trap call

Noel Hunt doesn’t expect a Republic of Ireland recall even if he has the season of his life at new club Leeds United.

The striker was a Championship player in 2009 when he won his three Ireland caps but couldn’t get into Giovanni Trapattoni’s squad last season when scoring in the Premier League for Reading.

Now 30, the Waterford native finds it difficult to foresee a second coming as Ireland face into the final lap of the World Cup qualifying campaign, starting with a double-header against Sweden and Austria in early September.