Aaron Doran enhanced his growing reputation with the opening goal in the Republic of Ireland Under-19's 2-1 victory over Sweden last night.
Rovers' Young Player of the Year capped off a well-worked move on 29 minutes - racing onto a pass over the top and cheekily tapping the ball through the on-rushing keeper's legs.
Following back-to-back defeats against Belgium and Switzerland, Sean McCaffrey's side, which also included Rovers youngsters Gavin Gunning and Gearoid Morrissey, would have been delighted to end their UEFA Championship Elite qualifying campaign with a win.
On World Cup duty, Vince Grella's Australia celebrated their qualification for next summer's finals with a muted 2-0 victory over Bahrain in Sydney.
The Rovers midfielder, who was one booking away from a suspension, was rested until just after the hour mark in order to keep him fresh for next week's top-of-the-table clash against Japan.
In Rotterdam, Morten Gamst Pedersen played the full 90 minutes as Norway slipped to a 2-0 defeat away to Group 9 leaders Holland.
After a slow start, it was one of Morten's former team-mates, André Ooijer, who did the damage, heading home an Arjen Robben (who netted the second) free-kick, leaving the Norwegians still awaiting their first win.
Paul Robinson was again forced to watch on from the sidelines as England also made it seven wins out of seven with a 6-0 victory over Andorra at Wembley.
And in friendly action, Zurab Khizanishvili's Georgia drew 1-1 away to Albania.
