Vera Pauw says her players have shown time and again that they can cope with the kind of pressure that they will face at next summer’s World Cup finals.
Pauw attended Saturday morning’s draw in Auckland, where Ireland were selected in Group B along with co-hosts Australia, Olympic gold medallists Canada and top African side Nigeria.
The Girls in Green will take on Australia on the first day of the tournament in Sydney, in front of what is expected to be a sell-out 42,500-strong crowd.
