CHERRIES keeper Mark Travers admitted he was happy to learn from experienced Ireland stopper Darren Randolph but added: “Everyone wants to play for their country and get in the team.”

The former Shamrock Rovers youngster is in the Republic of Ireland squad for their October fixtures.

He could be involved when the Boys in Green visit Slovakia in a EURO 2020 qualifying play-off tomorrow.

But with West Ham stopper Randolph providing his competition, Maynooth-born Travers admitted he was keen to soak up the experience of working with the 33-year-old.

Travers said: “Darren Randolph has been so good and so consistent the last few years, he has never been at fault when he has been in the goal for Ireland.

“It's great to learn from him and work with such an experienced and such a good goalkeeper.

“Being 21, there is always time to work and learn from him, but obviously the goal is everyone wants to play for their country and get in the team.

“I just have to see how this team pans out but I'm quite lucky in that there are so many games coming up in the Nations League and World Cup qualifiers as well.

“There’s so much to look forward to, so I've just got to see how it goes.”

Travers’s Cherries team-mate Asmir Begovic could also be in action tomorrow, when Bosnia & Herzegovina host Northern Ireland in their play-off encounter.

Joshua King’s Norway host Serbia.