Colin Bell wants Ireland’s senior women’s team 'to cause an upset’

Manager Colin Bell is confident Ireland’s senior women’s team can continue to confound predictions in their back to back home World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia on Friday and the Netherlands next Tuesday.

The Girls In Green, who are looking to make history by qualifying for a major tournament for the first time, got their campaign off to a flying start last year, with wins away to Northern Ireland and Slovakia and a celebrated scoreless draw away to European champions Holland.

“This is a very important phase but all the games so far have been important to get us into this position,” said Bell yesterday, at the announcement of Aviva as sponsors of the team for the next three years.