Kilbane in Action for ROI

By Tiger Tim
February 13 2009

Kevin Kilbane helped the Republic of Ireland to an important 2-1 win against Georgia in Dublin on Wednesday night. Kilbane played the full 90 minutes as Ireland came from a goal down to earn three valuable points in their quest for World Cup qualification. Robbie Keane was the man on target, scoring twice in six second half minutes. The result takes Ireland joint-top of Group 8. It was a less successful evening for Boaz Myhill and Sam Ricketts, who were part of a Wales side beaten 1-0 by Poland in a friendly played in Portugal.

Ricketts played the full 90 minutes as part of a central defensive three while Myhill replaced Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey at half time.

Despite pulling off an impressive save from Mariusz Lewandowski, Myhill was eventually beaten ten minutes from time by Roger Guerreiro's perfectly placed lob.

Kamil Zayatte played 71 minutes of Guinea's 3-1 friendly defeat against Cameroon in Paris while Manucho was part of an Angolan side beaten 4-0 by Mali.

Earlier in the day, Richard Garcia came on as a second half substitute in Australia's 0-0 draw with Japan in Yokohama. The result leaves Australia top of their World Cup qualifying group.

Round up taken from the Official Club site