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Murphy and McGoldrick Could Face England - Ipswich Town News

Town duo Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick could win caps when the Republic of Ireland face England in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday afternoon (ITV 12.30, KO 1pm).

Murphy, 32, will be looking to add to his 14 caps and score his first international goal, while McGoldrick, 27, has previously been capped once and will also be out to open his goals account.

Ireland manager Martin O'Neill anticipates Town’s 27-goal Championship top scorer being involved at some point.

"Murphy has had a really good season with Ipswich. He's done very well. I would expect him to be on the field at some stage,” he said.

The game is a warm-up for next Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Christophe Berra’s Scotland, also at the Aviva Stadium.

On Thursday Murphy and McGoldrick both played the first half of a behind-closed-doors training game against Northern Ireland which ended 0-0.

Meanwhile, academy scholar Monty Patterson’s New Zealand U20s are through to the knockout stage of the FIFA U20 World Cup, which they are hosting.

The New Zealand youngsters made it through as one of the best performing third-placed sides and will now face Portugal in Hamilton on Thursday in the round of 16.

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