Football is coming home for Laura Rafferty at the Women’s Euro 2022. Rafferty stars for her hometown club Southampton Women and all three of Northern Ireland’s group matches will be at St Mary’s.
The defender qualifies through her Belfast-born dad and is excited about enjoying some home comforts at Euro 2022. Rafferty, 26, helped Southampton win promotion from the third tier to the FA Women’s Championship last season – and she had a feeling Northern Ireland would be drawn in Group A at St Mary’s.
“I actually predicted it,” she said. “When it came though, I was absolutely buzzing.
