Town central defender Christophe Berra has been named in the Scotland squad for their friendly against Northern Ireland and European Championships qualifier with Gibraltar later this month.

The Scots face the Northern Irish on Wednesday 25th March and then the Gibraltarians on Sunday 29th March with both games at Hampden Park.

Berra, 30, has previously won 28 full caps, scoring two goals. Former Blues striker Jordan Rhodes, currently with Blackburn, has also been named in the squad.

Scotland: Craig Gordon (Celtic), David Marshall (Cardiff City), Allan McGregor (Hull City), Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town), Craig Forsyth (Derby County), Gordon Greer (Brighton & Hove Albion), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa), Russell Martin (Norwich City), Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen), Andrew Robertson (Hull City), Steven Whittaker (Norwich City), Ikechi Anya (Watford), Barry Bannan (Bolton Wanderers), Scott Brown (Celtic), Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion), James Forrest (Celtic), Shaun Maloney (Chicago Fire), James McArthur (Crystal Palace), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion), Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth), Johnny Russell (Derby County), Steven Fletcher (Sunderland), Steven May (Sheffield Wednesday), Ross McCormack (Fulham), Steven Naismith (Everton), Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers).

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NoBru added 12:07 - Mar 16 They must be desperate... Poor defender!
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GiveusaWave added 12:42 - Mar 16 He's probably our best defender at the moment, it's just that he is having to cover Smith, Chambers and Mings far too much. God knows how much he runs on match day, he must put in a fair stint. Not a poor defender. An overworked defender. If we had signed St Ledger we could have rested him for a few games.
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NoBru added 12:59 - Mar 16 I don't doubt that he does alot of running but he doesn't talk with either of the keepers and 9 times out of 10 he causes us more trouble. I would also like to add that he fouls too much unnecessarily!
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algarvefan added 14:39 - Mar 16 Bloody moan that's all some of you do.....living with some of you must be a right bundle of laughs!!! "Here Mum me glass is half empty again!!!!!"
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NoBru added 14:45 - Mar 16 I guess none of you are season ticket holders otherwise you would agree with me...
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Superblue95 added 18:06 - Mar 16 NoBru we are all p1ssed off at the moment with how bad results and performances have been the last couple of months, but to say that the best defender we have probably had in over a decade is a "poor defender" is a stupid comment really
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NoBru added 19:04 - Mar 16 Better defenders than him; Damien Delaney Gareth Mcauley De Vos Naylor Diablo Santos The list goes on...
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readtheleaguetable added 20:06 - Mar 16 De Vos and McAuley are the only two on that list who were anywhere near being of the same calibre as Berra,so the list does not go on.
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