Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has made three changes for tomorrow nights Euro qualifier with Armenia.
Robbie Keane misses out after failing to recover from a leg muscle injury so his place goes to Simon Cox who gets the nod ahead of his West Brom team-mate Shane Long.
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Richard Dunne returns from suspension so Darren O’Dea makes way.
The other change from the win over Andorra sees Stephen Kelly replace the suspended Stephen Ward.
Shay Given will captain the side in Keane’s absence.
Nigel Worthington has announced that he’ll step down as Northern Ireland manager after tomorrows qualifier with Italy.
He’s been in charge since 2007.
