O'Neill: Playing O’Brien would have been risky

Republic of Ireland defender Joey O’Brien was due to undergo a scan on a hamstring injury today.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2013 - 11:37

Republic of Ireland defender Joey O’Brien was due to undergo a scan on a hamstring injury today.

The West Ham defender felt the problem during the warm-up to Friday night’s 3-0 friendly victory over Latvia and sat out training in Malahide on Saturday morning.

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Courts Soccer Heathrow Place: Malahide Person: O'Neill Person: O’Brien Person: Joey O’Brien Person: Martin O’Neill Person: O’Neill Person: Andy Reid Person: Sean St Ledger Organisation: Republic of Ireland Organisation: West Ham Organisation: Latvia Organisation: Latvians

$<p>The forward has been out with a groin injury since September and his return to action was delayed when he fractured a toe in a freak domestic accident last week.</p>$