Carla Ward has named her 25-strong squad for the 2027 Women’s World Cup Qualifying Play-Offs
Captain Katie McCabe and Marissa Sheeva are both suspended for the first leg away in Kazakhstan on October 9th
Leicester City’s Heather Payne returns to the squad, and there’s a debut for Crystal Palace midfielder Shanade Hopcroft
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While Tara O’Hanlon and Saoirse Noonan both miss out through injury
The squad will travel without midfielder Denise O’Sullivan.
Carla Ward explained that it was a player welfare decision with a lengthy flight to Astana and artificial pitch to consider.
