A late Alan Browne headed handed Ireland a deserved 2-2 draw in their friendly with Belgium. Chiedozie Ogbene had brought Ireland level after falling behind to a Michy Batshuayi strike before fellow Corkman Browne popped up to cancel out Hans Vanaken’s header to give the Boys in Green something to celebrate on the FAI’s centenary.
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Stephen Kenny has added QPR first team coach John Eustace to his backroom staff for the Republic of Ireland. Eustace joins as assistant coach and replaces the highly rated Anthony Barry who left his position to join the coaching staff of the Belgian national team.
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Callum Robinson hit a hat-trick as Ireland cruised to a 4-0 win over Qatar in their international friendly at the Aviva Stadium. Robinson became the first player since Robbie Keane in 2014 to hit a treble for Ireland while Shane Duffy added the other goal to round off a great week for Stephen Kenny.
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Callum Robinson scored a fine brace as Ireland defeated Azerbaijan 0-3 in Baku in their 2022 World Cup qualifier with Chiedozie Ogbene scoring the third for Stephen Kenny. The result is their first competitive win under Kenny’s charge and takes some pressure off the manager.
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Ireland produced a spirited second-half display to secure a morale-boosting 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw against Serbia at the Aviva Stadium. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic had given Serbia a first half lead but with minutes remaining he crashed a clearance off Nikola Milenkovic into his own net to see the spoils shared.
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