FIFA WWC 2023: Ireland coach wary of Falcons ahead W’Cup clash

Following the draw of the 2023 Ladies’s World Cup in Auckland/Tâmaki Makaurau on Saturday, which pitted Nigeria in Group B alongside joint-hosts Australia, reigning Olympic champions Canada and debutant the Republic of Eire, Vera Pauw, Eire coach, says she’s cautious after they have been pitted in opposition to the Tremendous Falcons.

Pauw mentioned, “That opening sport versus Australia, wow – it’s unbelievable. There’s an enormous Irish neighborhood in Australia and I feel lots of people over there’ll face a little bit of a dilemma over who they assist in that one!

“It’s a little bit of a disgrace that we drew the hardest workforce in Pot 4 in Nigeria, however we received’t concern anybody. It’s a tricky group however a really thrilling one.”

Joint-hosts New Zealand will battle Norway, the Philippines and Switzerland in Group A.

Nigeria, USA, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Japan are the one seven international locations to have featured in all earlier editions of the Ladies’s World Cup because it started in China in 1991.