SWINDON Town Under-18s drew 2-2 with an Indonesian Select U18s XI managed by former Robins manager Dennis Wise and ex-England international Des Walker on Tuesday afternoon.

The friendly between Town’s youth squad and academy side, Garuda Select took place at Melksham Town’s Oakfield Stadium at 1pm to reach the peak television audience in south-east Asia.

Swindon took the lead through Flynn Hamilton in the 18th minute after he latched onto a ball on the edge of the box and slid a left-footed finish into the bottom right corner of the Garuda goal.

The visitors turned the game on its head and were leading very late on before Town rescued a draw in the 90th minute.

Fletcher Hubbard cut the ball back from the byline, and Josh Keyes smashed home the equaliser.

Garuda is a UK-based football academy based out of Loughborough University hosting Indonesian football protégés who are starring on a sports documentary called ‘Dream Chasers: Garuda Select.’

The programme is in its fourth season and shows some of the best young players in the country facing English academy sides like Arsenal and Manchester City.

According to MailSport: “The show garners bigger audiences than Premier League clashes” in the south-east Asian country and was expected to be watched by around nine million people live on Mola TV – an Indonesian subscription service.

Ahead of the game, Town's senior academy director, Jamie Russell, said: “This is a fixture we have always looked forward to over the past few years, and is a real showcase event for our talented young players with the game featuring on TV all over the world.

“This always proves a difficult game for us with Garuda possessing some really exciting prospects themselves, but from a developmental perspective it plays a really key role.

“I think this game highlights the great work Swindon Town is doing in not only nurturing local talent, with many of our young players having already had a taste of first-team football this term.

“It also shows how influential our academy is in driving young people to play football all over the world."