Player of the Month Jack Byrne can’t see Slovakia play-off going ahead

It could well be the last such award for some time but the first SSE Airtricity League/Soccer Writers of Ireland Player of the Month this season has gone to Shamrock Rovers’ Jack Byrne.

The scorer of a superb winner as the Hoops beat champions Dundalk 3-2 in Tallaght, the Irish international also scored in a 6-0 demolition of Cork City as Rovers won four out of four games in February.