ANDY MORRISON can’t wait for Connah’s Quay Nomads to fly the flag for Wales this evening.

Nomads welcome Northern Ireland Premiership outfit Coleraine to the Deeside Stadium, the duo two of five remaining teams from outside of Scotland left in the competition.

Morrison’s men disposed of Scottish Championship side Falkirk 1-0 in round two courtesy of Michael Wilde’s goal, and the Nomads boss wants to see his side follow that up by booking a place in the quarter-finals in-front of the television cameras.

“It’s going to be a great occasion, we can’t wait for it,” said Morrison.

“We can’t afford to have one eye on the Cefn Druids game on Tuesday, we’ve just got to go and give our full attention to this game, because it’s really important that we paint the Welsh Premier League in the correct light.

“For us to go and beat a Scottish Championship team in Scotland, I think that had a lot of people talking and a lot of people saying ‘lets go and have a look at that Welsh Premier League, lets see how good it is’.

“It was an outstanding achievement, and Coleraine nearly won the title last year. They are a very, very strong outfit and they are coming across to win.

“We are going to ask questions of them and we are going to be ready for them.”

Striker Andy Owens, meanwhile, is excited to be able to play in the competition.

He said: “It’s the first time I’ve been involved in the competition. It’s exciting that being in the top league in Wales means you get to participate in the Europa League and Scottish Challenge Cup.”

Coleraine boss Rodney McAree is relishing the chance to step away from the rigours of the Northern Ireland Premiership.

McAree saw his side lose their 32-game unbeaten run as they were thumped 4-1 by Glenavon on home turf last Saturday.

And the 44-year-old wants his side, who are expected to be roared on by over 250 fans in Wales, to bounce back quickly as they take a welcome break from league action.

“I said to the players that they had to be congratulated for their long, unbeaten run,” said McAree. “Now that’s off our back, we have to pick ourselves up as quickly as possible.

“Our next game is in the Scottish Challenge Cup and it gives us a chance to get away as a group and spend a little bit of time together and focus on another tournament.”

Coleraine will need to up their performance levels if they are to reach the last eight of the competition, however.

McAree continued: “It’s important that we forget last season and to be honest our performances haven’t been good all season.

“There have been too many so-so performances and we need to realise where we are.

“We need to understand that we need to up our performances by a significant amount if we are to do anything.”

This afternoon, National League outfit Sutton United make their way to League of Ireland outfit Bohemians, who will be looking to progress along with countrymen Sligo Rovers, who visit Motherwell Under-21s.

Sutton have been dealt a blow by the news that striker Tommy Wright will miss the rest of the season after suffering a serious knee injury in the victory against Leyton Orient.

Dunfermline host Alloa, East Fife entertain Queen of the South, Montrose visit Ross County and Queen’s Park head to St Mirren Under-21s.

The last 16 action kicked off last night as Arbroath played host to Edinburgh City.