Kerr buoyed by 'job done'

Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr is now more convinced than ever his side’s World Cup destiny will not be resolved until the final game of the campaign.

It would appear Group Four will go down to the wire, and that Ireland’s Lansdowne Road battle with Switzerland on October 12 will prove the defining moment in whether they head to Germany, face a play-off or the agony of elimination.