Vera Pauw is dreading the conversations she will have with the players who don’t make her World Cup squad - admitting that she is having sleepless nights over next week’s announcement.
The Ireland boss will name a 23-player squad next Thursday for the finals - and she can take three more ‘training’ players too.
Any of those can be added to the World Cup squad up to the eve of the tournament, if injury rules out one of Pauw’s original choices.