FAI has work to do to ensure this doesn’t leave a Saipan-like legacy

FROSTY FINISH: Katie McCabe of Republic of Ireland and manager Vera Pauw during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Group B match between Republic of Ireland and Nigeria at Brisbane Stadium. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

We can just be relieved that this rancour between Ireland captain and manager occurred at the end - not the start - of a World Cup.

Twenty-one years on from the most spectacular fall-out in Irish sport, the other side of the world again staged an unsightly fracture tainting what the women’s equivalent had salvaged from their tournament.