Murphy returns to Republic training

The 28-year-old Scunthorpe player sat out the latter part of Wednesday morning's session after picking up a minor injury but was able to resume on Thursday.That would have come as a relief to manager Giovanni Trapattoni, who has already had to call up Bohemians keeper Brian Murphy as a replacement for Coventry's Keiren Westwood to provide cover for number one Shay Given.Murphy and his team-mates trained in teeming rain at a windswept Gannon Park in Malahide as Italian Trapattoni started to put the finishing touches to his plan to dump France out of the World Cup play-offs. France 6/4, Rep Ireland 13/8, Draw 2/1  

Source: Team_Talk