Lee in action for Republic

Cian Lee from Trim featured for the Republic of Ireland last night as England held out for a scoreless draw in the Centenary Shield at Kenilworth Road home of Luton Town.

Balbriggan CC mentor William O’Connor will have some difficult selection choices to make as he now enjoys two home ties for his Centenary Shield endeavours.

This was the England's first competitive outing of their Centenary Shield campaign while the Republic of Ireland had a win under their belts courtesy of a 2-1 victory away to Wales three weeks ago. 

The point sees the Republic of Ireland top of the table as Northern Ireland and Wales shared the spoils with a 1-1 draw in the other fixture during the week as well as a scoreless draw with Scotland v Northern Ireland earlier in the month.

NEXT UP
The team will be out again on 29th March in Monaghan when they take on their Northern counterparts in their penultimate fixture. 
The Irish will then entertain Scotland in their final game of the season when they face the tartan army on 12th April in Home Farm FC, Whitehall. Both home games have a 2pm kick off.

Republic of Ireland -  Luke McNicholas (Balla Secondary School); Adam Conway (De La Salle College, Waterford), Darryl Walsh (St. Declan’s Community College), Adam Rooney (Yeats College, Galway), Cian Lee (Boyne Community School), Ronan Manning (Yeats College, Galway) Rory Doyle (St. Francis College, Rochestown), Liam Kerrigan (St. Attracta’s CS, Tubbercurry), Ali Regbha (Chanel College, Coolock), Cian Murphy (Coláiste Dun Iascaigh, Cahir), Jake Walker (St. Kevin’s Community College, Clondalkin). Subs - Colm Whelan (Grennan College, Thomastown) for Murphy (76), Jack Ryan (Templeogue College) for Walker (84), James Carolan (St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny for Regbha; not used -  Adam O’Connor (St. Clare’s College, Ballyjamesduff), Kieran Farren (Carndonagh Community School), Daniel Houghton (Carndonagh Community School), James Carroll (St. Oliver’s Community College, Drogheda)

RESULTS
First round -  Wales 1, Republic of Ireland 2.
First round - Scotland 0, Northern Ireland 0.
Second round - Northern Ireland 1, Wales1.
Third round - England 0, Republic of Ireland 0.
FIXTURES
23rd March - England v Scotland, Bootham Crescent, York City FC (7pm)
29th March - Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland , Monaghan United FC (2pm)
29th March - Wales v England, Cardiff Metropolitan University FC (7pm)
6th April - Northern Ireland v England, Belfast (7pm)
12th April - Republic of Ireland v Scotland, Home Farm, Whitehall (2pm)
19th April - Scotland v Wales, Queen of the South (7pm)