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Oar in Australia Squad for World Cup Qualifiers - Ipswich Town News

Town winger Tommy Oar has been named in the Australia squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh next month.

The Kyrgyzstanis travel to Canberra on Thursday 12th November, before the Socceroos take on Bangladesh in Dhaka on the following Tuesday.

Oar, whose first league start for Town earlier this month was cut short when he suffered a concussion after a collision with Huddersfield keeper Jed Steer, will be hoping to add to his 27 caps and two goals.

The 23-year-old played the first half of Australia’s last qualifier, a 2-0 defeat away to Jordan, who replaced Oar’s side at the top of the group.

Former Blues loanee Massimo Luongo, who is currently with QPR, is also included in the squad.

Socceroos: Alex Cisak (Leyton Orient), Adam Federici (Reading), Mat Ryan (Valencia), Jason Davidson (Huddersfield Town AFC), Ryan McGowan (Dundee United), James Meredith (Bradford City), Josh Risdon (Perth), Trent Sainsbury (P.E.C Zwolle), Matt Spiranovic (Hangzhou Greentown FC), Alex Wilkinson (Joenbuk), Bailey Wright (Preston North End), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace), Massimo Luongo (QPR), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar), Mark Milligan (Baniyas), Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City), Tom Rogic (Celtic), James Troisi (Al Itihad), Nathan Burns (FC Tokyo), Tim Cahill (Shanghai Shenhua), Tomi Juric (Roda JC), Mathew Leckie (Ingolstadt), Tommy Oar (Ipswich).

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