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Alex Dunne

Ireland and Katie McCabe hoping for big Aviva Stadium crowd for historic NI game

Ireland captain Katie McCabe is hoping the team can leave a "lasting legacy" after this year's World Cup - starting with a "big crowd" at the Aviva Stadium in September.

Ireland will take on Northern Ireland in their Nations League opener at the national stadium - the first time a senior women's international will be played at the venue. And, though the 27-year-old had previously expressed some reservations at moving games to the Aviva and away from the comfort of Tallaght Stadium, she is all for kicking off their next campaign in Dublin 4.

"Hopefully we get a big crowd in!" she told Dublin Live. "The timing of it is fantastic to capitalise off the back of the World Cup, it works out brilliantly.

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