Brian Kerr will make a number of changes to his Ireland under-16 starting line up for this morning's game against Sweden in Belgium. Kerr will be looking for an improvement on the performance which yielded a goal-less draw in Monday's opening game of this week's international tournament against the hosts.

A couple of the changes have been forced on the Ireland manager, as Keith Graydon suffered a badly bruised foot in that game, and his Sunderland team-mate, Stephen Capper, is carrying a groin strain.

Graham Ward of Wolves and Tottenham's Stephen Kelly, both of whom have recovered from minor injury problems, will start in their places, while West Ham goalkeeper Billy McMahon will get a chance to start in place of Aston Villa's Wayne Henderson.