SHANE DUFFY has been handed a first Premier League start in over a year today.
The Ireland international was included in the starting XI for Brighton’s clash against Burnley.
The 29-year-old Derry native features as part of a three-man defence alongside Lewis Dunk and Adam Webster.
It is the first time Duffy has started a Premier League game since a 3-0 defeat against Man United in June 2020.
Since then, the centre-back had a troubled loan spell in which he struggled for form at Celtic.
For Burnley, meanwhile, Irish underage international Nathan Collins is on the bench after signing for €14 million in the summer.
Of Irish interest elsewhere in the Premier League is Seamus Coleman, who starts for Everton in Rafa Benitez’s first game in charge against Southampton.
