The 20-year-old has been named in the 22-man party to face Georgia at Windsor Park on Wednesday, March 26th, kick-off 7-45 p.m.

And on top of that news, manager Nigel Worthington has also placed fellow Claret Steve Jones on standby, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury.

Lafferty follows Graham Alexander in receiving an international call, with the 36-year-old having been named in George Burley's first Scotland squad yesterday.

Lafferty was handed the call after being a mainstay in a successful European Championship campaign, which saw them just miss out on a place in Austria and Switzerland behind Sweden and Spain.

He only missed one game in qualifying, the home game with Denmark, due to amassing two yellow cards during the qualifying campaign.

The full squad is: Maik Taylor (Birmingham), Roy Carroll (Derby), Alan Mannus (Linfield), Chris Baird (Fulham), Aaron Hughes (Fulham), Stephen Craigan (Motherwell), Gareth McAuley (Leicester), George McCartney (West Ham), Jonny Evans (Manchester United), Steven Davis (Fulham), Damien Johnson (Birmingham), Sammy Clingan (Nottingham Forest), Chris Brunt (West Brom), Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United), Michael O'Connor (Crewe), Stuart Elliott (Hull), Michael Gault (Linfield), David Healy (Fulham), Kyle Lafferty (Burnley), Martin Paterson (Scunthorpe), Peter Thompson (Linfield), Warren Feeney (Cardiff).