18,000 tickets now sold as captain skipper shrugs off Arsenal uncertainty and commits to task of making back-to-back World Cups

Katie McCabe during an Ireland media conference at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Kyra Carusa has been passed fit to start Saturday’s Aviva (3pm) World Cup qualifier against Poland as ticket sales near 18,000, with the Irish seeking swift back-to-back wins against Nina Patalon’s side.

And captain Katie McCabe will brush off uncertainty about her club future as Champions League winners Arsenal prepare to release her this summer.