‘I ran out of time,’ in World Cup bid with Girls in Green, says Sarah Rowe

The AFL star impressed Vera Pauw during a stint with Bohs.

CODBREAKER: Sarah Rowe (Bohemian FC & Collingwood AFLW), at a Budweiser Combine event. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

She is currently back there preparing for the start of another AFL Women’s season with Collingwood, but had things gone differently, Sarah Rowe could well have been showcasing her talents in another sporting code in Australia this month.

A native of Ballina who has a number of championship campaigns under her belt with the Mayo ladies footballers, Rowe picked up a senior international cap with the Republic of Ireland women’s national team back in 2015. A series of impressive displays in a half-season stint with Women’s Premier Division outfit Bohemians helped her to be included on the standby list for a 31-player training squad that senior boss Vera Pauw named at the beginning of June ahead of the Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand.