Keane nets in final ROI game

Robbie Keane bowed out of international football having taken his record goal tally to 68 as the Republic of Ireland trounced Oman 4-0.

The 36-year-old drew level with German great Gerd Muller on the list of all-time international goalscorers with a 30th-minute volley on his 146th appearance for his country.

Keane played for 57 minutes and was afforded a fitting send-off when he headed for the touchline to a standing ovation.

His contribution was sandwiched between equally noteworthy performances from Robbie Brady, who fired Martin O’Neill’s men into an eighth-minute lead from a sweet free-kick, and Jonathan Walters, who struck either side of the break.

It was a night when Jeff Hendrick’s move to Burnley and the fitness of John O’Shea and James McCarthy ahead of Monday night’s opening World Cup qualifier in Serbia took a back seat.

Keane was clearly emotional as he walked out ahead of his team-mates with sons Hudson and Robert to be greeted by a relatively sparse, but enthusiastic crowd.

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