Brady: We won’t be going to Georgia for a draw

Robbie Brady insists the Republic of Ireland will not be fazed by the prospect of launching their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in the white heat of Tbilisi.

Martin O’Neill’s side are assured a hostile welcome when they head for Georgia on Sunday with an already hugely partisan crowd not having forgotten Ireland’s reluctance to play a World Cup qualifier in the same city in September 2008 amid political unrest in the region.