Friendly: Finnan starts in midfield

STARTING LINE-UP: N Colgan (Stockport); S Carr (Tottenham), G Breen (Sunderland), K Cunningham (Birmingham C), J O'Shea (Man Utd); S Finnan (Liverpool), M Kinsella (A Villa), M Holland (Charlton), D Duff (Chelsea); G Doherty (Tottenham), R Keane (Tottenham).

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The Republic supremo has named a strong eleven for the first meeting between the Irish and the visiting Australians. There is no place for Sunderland's Kevin Kilbane as Damien Duff starts on the left wing. Gary Breen and Kenny Cunningham will marshall the defence with John O'Shea starting his first game of the season.
Tottenham pairing Robbie Keane and Gary Doherty will lead the attack. Kick-off at the Dublin 4 venue is at 7.30pm. Coverage of the match will be hosted here on this site in the match centre.