League players take up Under 21 spots

Three eircom League players have been added to the Republic of Ireland Under 21 squad to play Northern Ireland in Lurgan tomorrow following a spate of withdrawals of some more experienced players.

UCD defender Conor Kenna is called up for the first time while there are also call ups for the first time in over a year for Bohemians’ Stephen Ward and Drogheda United’s Stephen Bradley.

The trio now join Cork City’s Roy O’Donovan and Longford Town’s Stephen Bradley in the squad.