More games for us is good news - Ireland hockey's Dancer

The victory means the Green Army will finish, at worst, in 12th place overall and can finish in ninth should they outdo China on Tuesday, improving on their current ranking of 13.

Ireland’s Kathryn Mullan speaks to the team. ©INPHO/Frank Uijlenbroek

Women’s World Cup ranking match Ireland 2 (S Hawkshaw, R Upton) South Africa 0 

In the grand scheme, Ireland’s 2-0 success over South Africa is likely to be a small footnote in the World Cup story, Sean Dancer was still keen to get tangible results from these ranking matches.