Hal Robson-Kanu secured an important victory for Wales' u21s this weekend, scoring the only goal of the game as Brian Flynn's side won 1-0 in Hungary.

Hal scored with a header midway through the second half, and he also won a penalty in the dying stages, the Hungary defender shown a red card for a professional foul. He took the kick himself but saw it saved by Liverpool's Peter Gulacsi. Jake Taylor was an unused substitute.

The squad now travel to Italy for another qualifying match on Tuesday night, and if they avoid defeat then they will qualify for the play-offs to secure a berth in next summer's UEFA U21 Championships.

Fellow Royal Simon Church has now joined up with the under 21 squad, having been with John Toshack's full squad for their 1-0 Euro 2012 qualifying loss in Montenegro. He came off the bench with ten minutes to go, hit the bar with a header and also saw a goal disallowed, having been offside by a very tight margin.

New signing Zurab Khizanishvili played the full 90 for Georgia as they secured a 1-1 draw in Greece, and they now face Israel in another qualfying game on Tuesday evening.

Brynjar Gunnarsson missed out on a place in the Iceland squad that lost at home to Norway because of injury. Former Royal Gylfi Sigurdsson started the game.

Shane Long's Republic of Ireland won 1-0 in Armenia, but our frontman did not make the final 18. Giovanni Trappatoni's men now host Andorra on Tuesday.

Adam Federici was a substitute as Australia drew 0-0 with Switzerland in a friendly, and they take on Poland on Tuesday night.

Mikkel Andersen came on at half time for Denmark's u21s as they drew 1-1 with Lithuania in a friendly. 

Academy defenders Angus McDonald and Jack Mills played 90 minutes in England under 19s 2-0 win over Slovakia at Gresty Road last Thursday evening.

Fellow youth team starlet Carl McHugh has been selected for Ireland's under 18s for the Jezek international tournament in the Czech Republic.