Under 16 Victory Shield
30.10.2016 at 17:00 - Oriam, Edinburgh
Paul Osam and his staff have worked with the squad in development games in recent weeks but the Irish head coach is looking forward to the first official fixture of the season at this level.
"Everything has gone really well. We've trained at the venue and all the preparation has gone well although some players have slight knocks and we'll assess how they are before the game," he said.
"We trained well in Dublin before we came over here and we've prepared as much as we can. We've done a bit of research on the opposition but we're concentrating mostly on ourselves.
"The venue is a fantastic complex which fields various different sports in a campus of the Heriot Watt university. It's going to be unusual for their players playing under a roof for the first time in a game like this but it will be the same for both sides.
"We want to give the players more exposure to what international football is about. We've had development games in the summer but these are their first games at U16 international level and exposing them to more scenarios and problem-solving situations in games like this helps their progress. We want to try and improve them as much as possible as we can throughout the season.
"There's a lot of work done with them at U15 level and we want to help pass them on to the U17s ready for the competitive games next season."
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND:
Kian Clarke (St Kevin's Boys)
Harry Clarke (Cherry Orchard)
Max Murphy (St Joseph's Boys)
Kevin O'Reilly (Cherry Orchard)
Nathan Collins (Cherry Orchard)
Kameron Ledwidge (St Kevin's Boys)
Jason Knight (Cabinteely)
Marc Walsh (Finn Harps)
Barry Coffey (Nenagh AFC)
Adam Idah (College Corinthians)
Sean Brennan (Belvedere)
Callum Thompson (St Joseph's Boys)
Connor O'Reilly (Bonagee United)
Oisin McEntee (Malahide United)
Mark McGuinness (Arsenal)
Adam O'Reilly (Ringmahon Rangers)
Tyreik Wright (Lakewood AFC)
Ryan Cassidy (St Kevin's Boys)
Ray O'Sullivan (St Kevin's Boys)
Luca Connell (Bolton Wanderers)
Ciaran Brennan (East End United)
Sean Mahon (Cherry Orchard)
FIXTURES
Victory Shield U16 Tournament
Sunday, October 30
Scotland v Northern Ireland, Oriam, Edinburgh (2pm)
Wales v Republic of Ireland, Oriam, Edinburgh (5pm)
Tuesday, November 1
Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland, Oriam, Edinburgh (1pm)
Scotland v Wales, Oriam, Edinburgh (4pm)
Friday, November 4
Northern Ireland v Wales, Oriam, Edinburgh (12.30pm)
Scotland v Republic of Ireland, Oriam, Edinburgh (3.30pm)
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