Ireland daring to believe automatic World Cup qualification is possible

Ireland play the Netherlands in Cork on Friday and then France in Grenoble on June 9

Carla Ward: "I don't think anyone in world football gave us a chance with two games to go to be competing where we are now." Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Carla Ward says Ireland are daring to believe automatic World Cup qualification is attainable as they build up to Friday’s return to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Captain Katie McCabe and her teammates assembled at Fota Island on Sunday ahead of the concluding qualifiers against the sixth and fourth best teams in Europe.