'My dad's family are all Irish': Rice says celebrating Dublin goal would have been 'disrespectful'

Declan Rice felt like he put in the big performance needed on his return to Ireland at the end of a promising few days under “refreshing” interim England boss Lee Carsley.

Life without Gareth Southgate began on Saturday evening with a 2-0 win at a sold-out Aviva Stadium, 55 days after the narrow loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.

Rice and Jack Grealish scored the goals in Dublin as they ignored the boo boys on a hostile return to Ireland, who they represented at different levels before switching allegiance.