Fiona Tuite says Ireland are geared up for a knock-out World Cup clash with France. Photo: Sportsfile
This is knock-out time. Or as Fiona Tuite succinctly put it yesterday: “This is all-out war.”
The use of this kind of language isn’t a commonly used motif by this Irish team but they’ve never faced into a game like this before. Tuite finished her press conference yesterday by letting no-one be in any doubt about the commitment they’re ready to give in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final against France.