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Defender back in Stephen Kenny’s thinking as Ireland manager assesses options for upcoming qualifiers.

Portman Road will play host to the first of the relegated Premier League teams in the shape of Leeds United on Saturday. Gone are the days of Bielsaball, with a merry-go-round of managers having been unable to maintain the Whites Premier League status.

Aaron Connolly in early stages of finding consistency while Sinclair Armstrong just has to worry about finding his feet.

Centre-half Cameron Burgess says the table-topping Blues are facing - and overcoming - different challenges on a weekly basis in the Championship rather than coming up against opposition with a similar approach game after game as was the case in League One last season.

The science of genomics is set to revolutionise the pace at which genetic improvement can be secured within the sheep sector.

Fermanagh’s Kieran McKenna has also guided newly-promoted Ipswich Town to the top of the Championship with a third win in a row.

The Blues and QPR remain locked at 0-0 at half-time at Loftus Road.

Hard-fought is the new routine, manager Kieran McKenna said following the top-of-the-table Blues’ 1-0 win at QPR, their third victory in three games since they returned to the Championship.

Conor Chaplin’s first goal of the season saw Town maintain their 100 per cent start to their season and stay top of the Championship as the Blues beat QPR 1-0 at Loftus Road. Chaplin reacted sharply to his first shot being blocked in the 75th minute to claim all three points and set a new club unbeaten all-competitions record of 21 matches, surpassing a run achieved in the 1980/81 campaign.

QPR boss Gareth Ainsworth felt there was nothing in the Blues’ 1-0 victory over his side and was gutted they didn’t take something from the match.