Ireland facing Kiwi challenge

Ireland take on New Zealand in their third pool match at the Women's Hockey World Cup qualifier in Rome this evening (7.30pm Irish time).

Reit Kuper's Irish women, who have so far drawn with the in-form USA, and the fancied Koreans will have to produce a exceptional performance to overcome the Kiwi side, who are ranked sixth in the world, seven places higher than Ireland.