Ireland left with plenty to work on after London Cup defeats

Ireland left the Investec London Cup with some stinging words from Great Britain coach Danny Kerry ringing in their ears, after they finished bottom of the pile thanks to a 3-0 defeat to Great Britain in Chiswick.

Denis Pritchard’s charges were playing off against the hosts in the fifth/sixth play-off of the Olympic warm-up event and saw GB’s Hannah Macleod convert twice from close range in the first half before Emily Maguire’s corner bash netted her a first international goal in the second half.

But Kerry fumed at his charges’ performance, insisting they should have hammered the girls in green: “The penny needs to drop with some of the players. Our skill execution was poor and we should be putting them to the sword. It should have been a cricket score.”