Cautious Gleeson keeping Georgia on Irish minds

Two legs versus Georgia is a gateway to a playoff with against Wales or Slovakia for a place at next year’s Euros in Switzerland

QUALIFIERS: Denise O'Sullivan, left, and Niamh Fahey during a Republic of Ireland women training session at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium II in Tbilisi, Georgia. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Georgia were the surprise packets by reaching the Euros, shocking Greece, but there’s no danger of Ireland being similarly embarrassed in the women’s version.

This is the mother of all mismatches, the disparity wider than Ireland’s men against Gibraltar in the last campaign, and the only question lingering about this Tbilisi trip is if the Girls in Green can kill off their opposition by the midway stage.