Young Rovers stars Frank Fielding and Phil Jones both made their first starts for England's Under-21s in the 2-0 win over Uzbekistan on Tuesday night.

Frankie, who received a surprise call up to senior side just hours earlier, enjoyed a trouble-free evening between the sticks, before being replaced 13 minutes from time.

After the game, the 22-year-old, who has now kept clean sheets in all three appearances for Stuart Pearce's side, was due to follow the watching Fabio Capello to London ahead of tomorrow's Wembley international against Hungary.

Phil's starting role for the Under-21s is the latest chapter in the fairytale story for the 18-year-old, who only made his Premier League bow in March.

The young defender twice came close to capping a dream debut with a goal - flashing a header just wide on seven minutes, before sending a looping volley over the Uzbekistan keeper on 19 minutes, only to see his effort nodded off the line.

With two crucial Euro qualifiers to come next month, Phil was one of three players to make way at the break.

Already back on European Championship qualification duty were the Republic of Ireland, who had three Rovers representatives in their ranks.

It was a night to remember for young defender Gavin Gunning, who made his debut at Under-21 level, playing the full 90 minutes in the 5-0 win over Estonia.

Fresh from his weekend winner against Celtic, Alan Judge came on after 77 minutes, while Aaron Doran was an unused sub.

The impressive result was Ireland's first victory of the qualification campaign, but wasn't enough to move them off the foot of Group 2.