If there was one certainty in the aftermath of Wales’ 1-0 victory over Greece in their penultimate 2023 World Cup qualifier, it was that Sophie Ingle would not be surprised by what her mum had to say.
If anything, the Wales captain would have been expecting it. Cath Ingle is a creature of habit, at least in this regard. After every game, it is a variation of the same theme: “That Rhiannon!” Ingle said, mimicking her mum in the lead-up to Wales’ penultimate qualifier. “She’s had a great game, and she doesn’t get talked about enough!”
On a drizzly Friday evening in Volos, Rhiannon Roberts did in fact have a great game. She pushed forward powerfully from her right-back berth, read and subsequently shut down Greece’s counters assuredly and provided nothing short of a masterclass in how to conjure dangerous crosses from millimetres of space.
