A groin injury forced striker David McGoldrick out of the final 28-man Republic of Ireland squad for their Euro 2016 qualifiers at the start of September, Town have revealed. Fellow frontman Daryl Murphy had already been ruled out with his calf problem.
Both McGoldrick and Murphy were named in the provisional 37-man squad for the qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia. The reduced party was named last night.
Ireland boss Martin O'Neill was at the recent home game against Sheffield Wednesday, while his assistant, former Blues boss Roy Keane, was at last week's match at Preston.
Christophe Berra has also been forced out of the Scotland squad for their qualifiers against the Georgians and Germany.
Tommy Smith has been left out of the New Zealand squad for their friendly against Myanmar in Yangon.
"With injury, squad balance and travel distance also considerations for this one-match trip, we opted not to include Chris [Wood], Ryan [Thomas] and Tommy for this game,” coach Anthony Hudson explained.
Republic of Ireland: David Forde (Millwall), Shay Given (Stoke City), Darren Randolph (West Ham United), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie (Derby County), John O’Shea (Sunderland), Marc Wilson (Stoke City), Richard Keogh (Derby County), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Stephen Ward (Burnley), Robbie Brady (Norwich City), Alex Pearce (Derby County), Paul McShane (Reading), Jon Walters (Stoke City), Aiden McGeady (Everton), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), James McCarthy (Everton), Jeff Hendrick (Derby County), Eunan O’Kane (Bournemouth), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City), Stephen Quinn (Reading), David Meyler (Hull City), James McClean (West Bromwich Albion), Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City), Shane Long (Southampton), Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Adam Rooney (Aberdeen), Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids). Standby: Stand-by: Alan Judge (Brentford), Simon Cox (Reading), Rob Elliot (Newcastle United), Anthony Stokes (Celtic).