Wales do their homework to deal with Irish threats

Wales have done their homework on the Republic of Ireland and will be ready for whatever is thrown at them at the Cardiff City Stadium.

That, according to their manager Rhian Wilkinson, includes Megan Campbell's famous throw-in.

It's hardly a secret weapon; a few of Campbell's catapults has gone viral over the years, most recently the enormous delivery she unloaded against England at Aviva Stadium last April.

Campbell missed the Euro 2025 play-off semi-final games against Georgia but she's back for this two-legged final, and is likely to play some part, particularly if Eileen Gleeson goes to Plan B in search of a goal.

Everyone has a plan until they get sucker-punched by a Campbell throw, but Wales are as ready as they can be.

"It's definitely a threat," Wilkinson said of Campbell. "I think it went quite viral. It's a pretty impressive throw. I tried to boot it that far the other day and hurt my hip flexor!

"She's definitely got a threat - every player has skills and something that makes them special. She's a good player and she's also got this throw that we're ready for. We've played teams with long throws before. Iceland as well has a couple of players that can throw it like that. We're aware. We've done our homework.

"The team is ready, we've watched the Georgia game, all the other games we've watched. They're a good team. They've worked hard to make themselves adaptable. It's been fun preparing for them."

Previously Wilkinson descirbed Ireland as being "absolutely beatable", which is fair enough considering Wales comfortably turned over the Girls in Green in a friendly last February.

However that was an Irish side without Denise O'Sullivan and trying out a formation we have not seen since. Eileen Gleeson is confident they'll