Spirited fightback not enough to save Irish ladies

England 3 Ireland 1

Although expectations were high in the Irish camp that they could take something from the England game into today’s second Pool this match going into today’s joust with the US, it certainly looked a distinct possibility when Ireland stormed back with a tremendous second half effort which saw Arlene Boyles narrow the gap to 2-1 when converting a penalty stroke and England looking very much a jittery outfit at this stage.

“We came back very well in the second half and we came close on a few occasions of an equaliser which really would have put the pressure on England,” insisted Irish coach Riet Kuper afterwards.