St Ledger joins lengthening injury list

Giovanni Trapattoni is considering calling up an extra defender for Saturday’s friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina with Richard Dunne, John O’Shea and Sean St Ledger all unlikely to be fit.

Assistant Marco Tardelli confirmed this morning that St Ledger has joined Dunne, who has a lower abdominal micro-tear and O’Shea, who reported for duty with an ankle problem, on the sidelines with a groin strain.