McAteer, Breen, Kyle named in international squads

Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr has named Jason McAteer and Gary Breen in his squad to face Poland in a friendly on Wednesday 28 April. The match will mark McAteer’s 53rd cap for his country.

Kerr has also named Roy Keane, who famously clashed with McAteer when Sunderland drew with Manchester United in August 2002, a game which saw Keane sent off.

The full squad for the match in Poznan is: Given (Newcastle), Colgan (Hibernian), Kenny (Sheff Utd), Maybury (Hearts), Cunningham (Birmingham), Doherty (Tottenham), Harte (Leeds), Carr (Tottenham), O’Brien (Newcastle), Breen (Sunderland), O’Shea (Man Utd), Miller (Celtic), Roy Keane (Man Utd), Reid (Nottm For), Holland (Charlton), Delap (Southampton), McAteer (Sunderland), Kinsella (West Brom), Kilbane (Everton), Duff (Chelsea), Lee (Cardiff), Connolly (West Ham), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Morrison (Birmingham).

The match is only three days before Sunderland’s home game against Crewe, so Sunderland supporters will be hoping that neither player picks up any knocks to rule them out of matches in our crucial end of season fixtures.

Meanwhile Kevin Kyle has been named in Scotland’s squad to face Denmark in Copenhagen on the same day.