Duo in international contention

21 September 2010 13:00
Preston duo Sean St Ledger and Keith Treacy have been named in the preliminary Republic of Ireland squad for their upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers. Giovanni Trapattoni's men will take on Russia at home on October 8, before travelling to Slovakia on October 12. "We go into these qualifiers with six points from six in the opening games of the campaign in September," said Trapattoni. "We performed well against Armenia and Andorra and we will build on these good results in our next games against Russia and Slovakia. "These teams are the top seeds in the group and they will be looking to take three points from us to kickstart their Euro campaigns, but we have prepared well and will not make it easy for them as we continue to lay the foundations to qualify for the European Championship finals."

Source: PA