Four Norwich City youngsters featured as England’s under-20s drew 2-2 with the Republic of Ireland’s under-21’s.

Abu Kamara and Kellen Fisher started for the Young Lions for the second time in five days, while Brad Hills made his first start at centre-back after appearing from the bench in Friday’s 2-1 win over Sweden.

Tony Springett started at right-wing for the Boys in Green, being replaced by Armstrong Oloflex after 78 minutes.

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joe Hodge opened the scoring, firing in from the edge of the box in the third minute.

Goalkeeper Killian Cahill then kept England out with two good saves, but Archie Brown equalised on the brink of half-time.

Tottenham’s former Ipswich loanee Dane Scarlett then completed the turnaround with his penalty the other side of the break, but Okoflex levelled things late on when he tapped in the rebound from his own spot-kick.

The Norwich quartet are now expected to enjoy some time off after their post-season internationals come to an end, with players expected back at Colney for testing later this month.

Kamara is expected to be part of the first-team group after shining on loan at Portsmouth last season, while Fisher will hope to add to the 14 first-team appearances he registered in a promising debut season at Carrow Road.

Hills will have to fight for a place in the squad as one of four centre-backs returning from EFL loans, although he's highly rated having won Accrington Stanley's supporters' player of the season award while in Lancashire.

Springett will hope he can impress new head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup after a mixed loan spell at Northampton Town, having been on the fringes of the senior setup for nearly three years.

Ireland U-21s: Cahill (Brooks 58); Lawal (Abankwah 85), Murphy (O’Riordan 77), O’Brien (Curtis 59); Roughan (Garcia MacNulty 46), Hodge (Noonan 77), Adeeko (Healy 58), O’Neill, (Armstrong 58) Springett (Oko-Flex 77); Vata (Moran 46); O’Mahony (Emakhu 58).

Goals: Hodge (3), Oko-Flex (88)

England U-20s: Ward; Fisher (Esse 62), Brown (Nelson 50), Braybrooke (Casey 63), Hughes (Buck 62), Kamara, Baker-Boaitey (Earthy 50), Hills, Godo (Alves 63), Matos (Bellingham 46); Scarlett.

Goals: Brown (45), Scarlett (47)

Referee: Ivan Vuckovic (Croatia)