Denise O'Sullivan: Little details thwarted Ireland's World Cup hopes

REGRETS: Denise O'Sullivan of Republic of Ireland in action against Canada during the World Cup Group B match at Perth Rectangular Stadium. Pic: Mick O'Shea/Sportsfile

Not that she’d begrudge her pal Katie McCabe of Ireland’s World Cup seminal moment yet Denise O’Sullivan couldn’t help but postmortem her own shot at glory.

Ireland were 1-0 up against Canada on Wednesday and dominating the Olympic champions when Sinead Farrelly’s trademark pirouette and a lay-off by Niamh Fahey supplied O’Sullivan with a sight of goal.