West Brom defender Dara O'Shea was handed a senior debut in the Republic of Ireland's Nations League clash with Finland as Stephen Kenny had to dig deep into his resources.
The 21-year-old Dubliner was included after Keith Long was added to a lengthy list of absentees with an eye injury picked up against Wales on Sunday.
There was was a place too for Aaron Connolly, who was withdrawn from the side to face Slovakia in last Thursday's Euro 2020 playoff semi-final because of what proved to be a false positive coronavirus test for a member of staff.
The Brighton star will be joined in the front line by Seán Maguire and Daryl Horgan.
Follow all the action from Helsinki on our Live Blog.FINLAND: L Hradecky; A Granlund, J Toivio, P Arajuuri, J Uronen; P Soiri, G Kamara, T Sparv (capt), R Taylor; T Pukki, F Jensen.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: D Randolph; M Doherty, S Duffy (capt), D O'Shea, E Stevens; J Molumby, C Hourihane, J Hendrick; D Horgan, S Maguire, A Connolly.
