5 Republic of Ireland players who can impress at Euro 2016

Euro 2016 has gotten off to a great start, with teams giving their all to ensure they don’t end up on the losing side, with there being a couple of interesting results, none more than England’s 1-1 draw with Russia.

The Republic of Ireland get their European Championships campaign off the ground tonight, and they’ll be looking to impress everyone with their performances. The Irish typically have some of the best fans, who support their team with great enthusiasm, wearing the team’s colours, the beautiful royal green jersey designed by Umbro.

With them being drawn in a very tough group with the likes of Sweden, Belgium and Italy, here are 5 players from the Republic of Ireland who will impress at Euro 2016:

Richard Keogh

The rugged central defender was one of the success stories from the Republic of Ireland’s successful qualification campaign, making the central defensive position alongside John O’Shea his own.

Keogh, who has made 11 appearances for the national team, has shown himself to be adept playing at both centre-back and right-back, and will look to have a great impact, going up against players of the calibre of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alvaro Morata and Romelu Lukaku.

Sporting Umbro’s finely crafted Medusae 4th Colourway, the big defender will give his all to stop rival forwards from making an impact, giving his team a better chance of progressing through to the knockout stages.