Championship wrap: Irish quartet all on the mark

Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson will have plenty of Championship action to look back on this evening with four of his players getting on the scoresheet on a busy afternoon.

Fresh from making his international debut Mark McGuinness capped off a memorable week as he scored the only goal in Luton's 1-0 victory over Hull City.

Despite Hull being the better team, it was Luton who took the lead on 33 minutes when a Shandon Baptiste corner which caused problems, flicking off a defender's head and landing at the feet of Mark McGuinness who was able to swivel and half volley in his first goal for the club.

Aaron Connolly netted his first goal in Sunderland colours when he opened the scoring in his side's 1-1 draw with Millwall.

Connolly put the Black Cats ahead with a sweetly-struck volley from the edge of the penalty area but they were unable to hold out.

Femi Azeez levelled for Millwall three minutes into stoppage time in a game heavily delayed by medical emergencies in the crowd.

Middlesbrough smashed six goals past Oxford to signal their intent to disrupt the order at the top with Finn Azaz scoring twice.

Emmanuel Latte Lath scored a hat-trick, one from the spot, Azaz a brace and Tommy Conway the other, with Greg Leigh and Dane Scarlett responding.

Azaz claimed two assists, setting up Latte Lath twice, but the pick of his involvement came when he curled in number six, even minutes from time to complete the rout.

Tom Cannon was also on the mark, scoring Stoke City's only goal as they drew 1-1 with bottom side QPR.

Cannon put the visitors ahead in the 24th minute with a superb curling effort for his eighth goal of the season and fourth in his past five matches.

Zan Celar wasted a chance to score his first goal for QPR when