International starts tonight for Kavanagh and Vidmar

Suspended Graham Kavanagh is cleared to play for tonight international friendly between the Republic and Croatia. Kav's ban is domestic so he has been chosen to start tonight for Ireland.

Alan Lee does not make the starting line up.

Full team

Paddy Kenny, Steve Finnan, John O’Shea, Richard Dunne, Gary Breen, Liam Miller, Graham Kavanagh, Kevin Kilbane, Stephen Elliott, Robbie Keane, Damien Duff.

The game is live on Sky Sports 2, ko 7:30pm.


Tony Vidmar also starts for Australia. The Socceroos are playing Norway in London at Craven Cottage.

Full team

Mark Schwarzer (gk); Lucas Neill, Tony Vidmar, Tony Popovic, Stan Lazaridis, Josip Skoko, Tim Cahill, Marco Bresciano, Brett Emerton, Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell.

This game is live on Sky Sports 1, ko 8:30pm.

With the staggered kick off times there's plenty of football viewing tonight.