The gaffer duly fast - tracked Lapira into the Irish squad .
Lapira would come on for the final 4 - minutes , and in the process become the first amateur to play for the Republic since 1964 .
The gaffer duly fast - tracked Lapira into the Irish squad and he would come on for the final 4 - minutes , and in the process become the first amateur to play for the Republic since 1964 .