O'Neill to assess fitness of Gibson and McClean in Oman game

Martin O’Neill is relishing the task of finally sending his Republic of Ireland team into battle in earnest for the first time.

The Republic will play the eighth game of the the 62-year-old’s reign to date tomorrow evening, a friendly against Oman in Dublin, before he takes charge of his first competitive fixture, Sunday’s opening Euro 2016 qualifier against Georgia in Tbilisi.