Kenny - 'One big win puts us right back in it'

“All of our games against the top teams have been such narrow games, now we just need to come out on the right side of one of those games and it looks completely different".

EXCITING CHALLENGES: Stephen Kenny is excited about the upcoming challenges when the face France and Holland. Pic: ©INPHO/Gary Carr

World Cup qualification and a spirited showing in each of their three games at their first major finals wasn’t enough to keep Vera Pauw in charge of the Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team.

In the extremely late hours of Tuesday night, it was finally confirmed that Pauw’s near four-year stint in charge of the Girls in Green was over as the FAI’s board voted against extending her contract, which expired once they arrived back from Australia.