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Ireland’s 2017 World Cup misery - what can be learned?
Ireland’s last Women’s World Cup appearance came in 2017. It was supposed to be a crowning moment, a global tournament hosted on Irish soil. Instead, results on the field precipitated a decline off it. Eight years later - with one failed qualification attempt in between - Ireland finally return to the world stage.
What has changed in the last eight years? Are there lessons to be learned from the 2017 disappointment? How important a moment is it that Ireland are now back competing at World Cups?
Former player Lindsay Peat, current assistant coach Larissa Muldoon and Ireland hooker Clíodhna…
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