Vera Pauw says Ireland will take a raincheck on basing themselves in Sydney for next year’s World Cup and that they will instead use Brisbane as their HQ.
The Girls in Green have been handed a tricky task in their first ever appearance - both on the field and in the air.
As well as a roundtrip of almost 35,000km to get to the finals, they will have to fly an extra 10,000km to get to their three group games.
