Republic of Ireland v Wales: All you need to know

UEFA Euro 2025 play-off second round 1st leg

Friday, 29 November

Wales v Republic of Ireland, Cardiff, 7.15pm.

TV/PLAYER

Watch live build-up and coverage of the match on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player from 6.30pm.

RADIO

Listen to live commentary with an extended Game On programme on 2fm.

ONLINE

Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.

WEATHER

Mild for this time of year, with temperatures of around 9C, with the chance of passing showers.

History on the line for Ireland and Wales

Having never qualified for a tournament before, the Republic of Ireland now have a chance to qualify for consecutive tournaments.

Wales, who are aiming for a first trip to a major tournament, stand in their way having come through one of only two first-round ties that ended up going to extra time as they finally saw off Slovakia thanks to Ceri Holland's goal.

When Ireland qualified for the World Cup by beating Scotland just over two years ago, it was a winner-takes-all tie at Hampden Park. That's not the case this time around, with the second leg taking place at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday evening.

There have already been over 20,000 tickets sold for that game in Dublin, and a decent result here for the Girls in Green would surely see that total head north over the weekend.

Over 15,000 people are expected in Cardiff for the first leg meeting.

The draw for Euro 2024 is set to take place in Lausanne at 5pm on 16 December.

Defensive reshuffle as trio recalled

The big squad news for Ireland is the absence of two players who would have fancied their chances for a starting place in Cardiff.

Louise Quinn, who has bags of experience in green, hasn't played for her club Birmingham since late October due to injury and misses out.

Fellow defender Aoife