Teenage Bohemians midfielder Aoibhe Brennan has earned her first call-up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad for his or her World Cup 2027 qualifying double-header towards Poland in April.
The 18-year-old has featured for the Republic of Ireland at under-19 degree and has had a powerful begin to the Premier Division season with Dublin membership Bohs.
“I’ve spoken about her a few times sine I’ve taken over and in a development game in February last year she really impressed me and I remember walking away and saying to the staff she’s someone I really like and I’ve watched her a lot since,” supervisor Carla Ward mentioned.
“She does the basics very well and plays beyond her years and I’m really interested to see how she’ll do in this environment.”
There are returns to the squad for West Ham’s Jess Ziu and Durham’s Lily Agg, who’s included for the first time since 2024 after recovering from a critical knee damage, though Ward did affirm she and Jessie Stapleton will go for scans on Monday after knocks picked up enjoying for his or her membership sides on the weekend.
Hayley Nolan and Jamie Finn aren’t included in Ward’s 24-strong contingent.
The Irish will journey to Gdansk to tackle Poland on Tuesday, 14 April earlier than they host the identical opponents on the Aviva Stadium 4 days later.
Ward’s aspect are of backside of Group A2 after falling to slender defeats towards France and the Netherlands of their opening two qualifiers and he or she believes Poland will present a stern check with Barcelona ahead Ewa Pajor main the road.
“They’ve really progressed in recent years and have been one of the most progressive nations with the ball in my opinion and they’re very aggressive in transition.
“You have Pajor who scored a brace towards Real Madrid midweek and was excellent. She is somebody we’ve to cease, however they’ve high quality in every single place and it could be naïve to assume it is a given we’ve to earn the proper to play and win the sport.”
