Australia v Republic of Ireland: All you need to know

Women's World Cup Australia v Republic of Ireland, kick-off 11am Irish time

TV Watch all the action live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Coverage begins at 7.30am ahead of New Zealand’s game with Norway, and focus will then turn to Ireland’s opener following the final whistle in Auckland.

RADIO Listen to live commentary on RTÉ 2fm.

ONLINE Follow our live blog on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app for updates and video highlights, followed by report and reaction from Sydney.

WEATHER Temperatures of around 12 degrees are expected come the 8pm kick-off, having hit 20 during the afternoon, with winds of up to 12km/h.

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Ireland arrive on big stage

Katie McCabe has urged the Ireland squad to harness the spirit of the underdog ahead of their World Cup bow.

Ireland are ranked 12 places below their Group B opponents, who will be backed by the majority of the 80,000 crowd at Stadium Australia.

'We don't want to be just happy to be here,' says Katie McCabe, who says Ireland embrace the underdog tag#WWC2023 pic.twitter.com/FCc7EIP6Y4

"It is something as a small nation, you kind of carry that [underdog] title I guess," said Ireland captain McCabe.

"We know we are debutants in the tournament, but we know what we want to do. We don’t want to just be happy to be here.

"We want to compete and give Australia, Canada and Nigeria the hardest games possible. That will start tomorrow night and it is exciting."

Head coach Vera Pauw referenced their slogan 'outbelieve’ when looking ahead to playing Australia and insisted