Brian Kerr has announced an 18-strong squad for the upcoming u18 matches against Germany in Dusseldorf.

The panel includes the six Nottingham Forest players who stole the show in Forest’s recent pre-season international u19 tournament.

Kerr has also named 18 players for the Youth Toto Cup. This u16 tournament, which takes place in Austria, will see the Irish youngsters face Austria, Germany and Brazil.

u16 squad: M Cranley (Belvedere Boys), D Kelly (Ipswich), K Sharkley, S Maguire and M O'Brien (Belvedere Boys), C Kenna and S Rice (Coventry), K Brennan and V Tyrell( Home Farm), P Ennis (Aston Villa), G Whelan and S Elliot (Manchester City), I McGrane (Wolves), S Bradley and W O'Sullivan (Arsenal), P Keegan, R Shields and A Kinsella (Leeds Utd).

u18 squad: B Roche (Nottm Forest), S Deeny (Notts County), F Murray and R Doyle (Blackburn Rovers), N Hudson, A Shevlin, A Reid, B Cash and N McNamara (Nottm Forest), D van Zanten (Celtic), C Byrne (Sunderland), D Murphy (QPR), A McDermot (Man Utd), J Lester (Everton), J Gamble (Reading), C Larkin (Wolves), J Byrne (VFL Kirchien), S Thornton (Tranmere)