Mersey beat: Liverpool playmaker Denise O’Sullivan eyeing points in Poland 

The Girls in Green have a crucial World Cup qualifier on Tuesday evening.

Denise O’Sullivan during a Republic of Ireland women's training session at Polsat Plus Arena in Gdansk, Poland. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ireland’s last visit to Gdańsk in 2012 provoked Roy Keane into deriding a sing-song culture but another Cork sporting great views this trip as a launchpad to finetune World Cup ambitions.

Denise O’Sullivan is fit, conditioned and motivated for international duty in Poland after enduring an injury scare at the start of the qualification campaign last month.