Northern Ireland call up Bradford City defender

Finn Cousin-Dawson owes Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars a lot at this stage of his career. Picture: Thomas Gadd.
Finn Cousin-Dawson owes Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars a lot at this stage of his career. Picture: Thomas Gadd.
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FINN Cousin-Dawson has received an international call up.

The 18-year-old was absent from last night's squad at Scunthorpe as he is part of the Northern Ireland Under-21s' five-day training camp in Belfast.

He has never been involved in the Northern Ireland set-up before, at any age group.

The camp is stage one in the preparations for the U21 Euro 2023 qualifiers later this year.

Having come through the academy at City, Cousin-Dawson was initially a first-team regular at right-back under Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars.

But the Bantams signed centre-half Niall Canavan in January, and decided to move Anthony O'Connor out to the full-back position, meaning Cousin-Dawson has spent the last couple of months on the bench.

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