Valiant Ireland just come up short on World Cup debut

Ireland ended up with eight penalty corners but goalkeeper Millie Welch and her defensive team repelled everything  

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Women’s Junior World Cup: Ireland 1 (C Perdue) England 2 (M Giglio, V McCabe) 

The Junior Green Army were left frustrated after their first ever Junior World Cup fixture as they came up against an English defensive penalty corner brick wall to deny them in Potchefstroom.