Cregan brace sets Irish up for play-off clash with China

IRELAND will face China, the team ranked fourth in the world, in the bronze medal match at the KT Cup in South Korea after beating Malaysia 4-0 yesterday.

Eimear Cregan opened the scoring after 14 minutes with her fourth goal of the tournament and added a second three minutes before half-time.

Two minutes into the second half a move by Lynsey McVicker and Linda Caulfield was finished off by Jenny Burke and seconds before the final whistle McVicker, making her 140th appearance, made it 4-0.