Striker Daryl Murphy will be hoping he wins his 13th full cap when the Republic of Ireland begin their Euro 2016 campaign with a game against Georgia in Tbilisi this afternoon (Sky Sports 5/HD5 4pm).

The Blues frontman is likely to be on the bench for Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane’s side, having come on in the 85th minute of Wednesday’s 2-0 friendly victory over Oman in Dublin.

Loanee striker Conor Sammon was included in the provisional 36-man squad before being left out of the final party, but the Dubliner remained on standby. Ex-Blue Jon Walters is in the squad.

Town's Stephen Hunt has written about the game in today's Irish Sunday Independent

Christophe Berra withdrew from the Scotland squad facing Germany in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier today, due to a knee injury.

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Talbs77 added 12:10 - Sep 7 I see in the sun today we've been linked with Danny Graham, made sense until saw he was on £30k a week!
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brian_a_mul added 13:56 - Sep 7 Best of luck Murphs, hope you get a cap and a 90 minute winner! Tough game for the republic and 3 points would be great for confidence. A start against Gibraltar in October could be a better bet for Murphs to get a good run out. If we take 6 points from these two games it take alot pressure off going to Germany in October.
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irishtim added 14:30 - Sep 7 @brian a mul. Hopefully it wont be a 90th minute winner my nerves would be shattered.
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brian_a_mul added 18:31 - Sep 7 Georgia scored a worldie, amazing finish from distance, 1 1, time for Murphy hopefully, actually some good options on bench, long, Pilkington, hoolahan, Doyle and murphs
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brian_a_mul added 19:02 - Sep 7 U must be an emotional wreck Tim! Lol, a superb 3 pts. Great to see us going for the win away from home.
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emergencylime added 19:03 - Sep 7 Murph an unused sub. McGeady's 2nd goal was neat, but overall fairly frustrating to watch.
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irishtim added 19:06 - Sep 7 We were poor Brian. Got out of jail imo.
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bluemikey100 added 19:19 - Sep 7 priskin scores for hungary with a powerful close range header lol
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brian_a_mul added 20:02 - Sep 7 3 pts is all that matters at this stage, phew!
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