Ireland stars grounded but Jessie Stapleton's trajectory rises

Treacherous winds delayed the arrivals of several Ireland players into camp, but Jessie Stapleton was on board and eyeing future targets

Jessie Stapleton at Republic of Ireland media day at Abbotstown, Dublin. 

Treacherous winds delayed the arrivals of several Ireland players into camp yesterday but they can’t countenance any turbulence when it comes to breezing past Georgia over the next week.

A playoff between teams ranked 24th and 118th in Fifa’s rankings ought to be a turkey shoot and nothing short of comprehensive results in Tbilisi on Friday and Tallaght next Tuesday will be expected.