Rovers will expect to bank the €400,000 win bonus here and move closer to the knock-out stages
Shamrock Rovers visit Belfast to take on Larne for first European group game in Northern Ireland“If you want to get the most out of your career, you need to live like a professional athlete all-year round,” Frampton told the Larne players. “I did that. I overachieved. I won world titles in two weight divisions. I don’t think I was meant to do that, and I genuinely don’t think people believed I would do it. But I believed in myself, and I lived the life.
The back-to-back NIFL Premiership champions’ first taste of the European group stages brings them into Stephen Bradley’s area of expertise. In 2022, the Shamrock Rovers manager accepted also-ran status against Djurgardens of Sweden, Belgian side Gent and Molde from Norway, to ensure Derry City did not pip them to a third successive league title.Turns out Derry ran out of steam and Rovers finished with 13 points to spare, but Bradley’s squad was not equipped to be successful on two fronts.
They did make a giant leap by overcoming Ballkani of Kosovo on penalties, a club that beat them 7-1 on aggregate last year, and Lincoln Red Imps from Gibraltar, 4-3 over two ties. Both sides may hold a McEneff brother, Aaron and Jordan, in reserve but Larne lack the quality of Rovers’ Irish internationals Jack Byrne and Graham Burke, although Neil Farrugia is suspended.
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