Room for improvement as Ireland women's hockey team look for Olympic qualification victory over Turkey

Ireland coach Darren Smith admits there is plenty of scope for improvement as his side continue their Olympic qualification campaign with a clash with Turkey at UCD today.

Needing to reach the final of this World League 2 competition to advance to round three in June — where the places for Rio 2016 are doled out — Ireland are on track with two wins from two over Ukraine (5-0) and Canada (2-1).

Turkey are expected to provide less resistance than either of those opponents and victory will give Ireland top seeding for the quarter-finals, where the real business starts.