PSG fans have given their women’s team this kind of welcome so much this season and it’s great to see.
10 minutes from their first league title and ending Lyon’s 14 season dominance of Division 1 Feminine 🏆
Top three stories on RTÉ tonight:
- Deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated truck
- FG MEPs voting against helping migrants
- Gov presses pause on moving 130 people in DP to Ballinamore following protests
Time for us all to have a look in the mirror
Remarkable how we can put a faceless college football player across multiple massive buildings in Dublin for *one day* yet you could barely get a flag around the place for the World Cup 🤔
🚨 DENISE O’SULLIVAN UPDATE 🚨
Scan showed no fracture or break. Bad bruising and she’s working with the medical team on return to play protocols
Vera Pauw comments to follow…
🚨 lovely story alert 🚨
Aaron Greene’s son got to watch his Dad play against AC Milan and while Shamrock Rovers aren’t going home with a win, he’s going to bed tonight with Zlatan’s jersey
📸:
@Inphosports
Denise O'Sullivan has been taken to hospital following a bad tackle from a Colombian player during tonight's closed door friendly. Injured her shin and extent TBC
Game was abandoned after 20 mins for rough play
As a response to multiple women within the club resigning & saying they are uncomfortable with the hiring of a man who was convicted of rape in 2017, this is a lesson in how *not* to respond.
A bit speechless
Ireland players gather in a huddle on the pitch after the full-time whistle. They can no longer move on in the World Cup but still have Nigeria to play.
What a team 🇮🇪
I was in the room when Chloe Mustaki was doing her Sky interview but could only hear her answers and I now understand why she looked so perplexed finishing up
It’s not hard to see the McCabe for both club and country is in the form of her life right now. Hopefully it continues because it’s a lot of fun to watch
I do genuinely think Rubiales has *massively* underestimated the power that women’s football has gained in recent years. He’s just taken an issue that could have been swept away by Spain and turned it into a global stand against mediocre, inappropriate men in power. Quite the job
Since my surgery one of the things I’ve really struggled with has been my hair. Between having some of it shaved, matting post-surgery & a host of other things it has been in poor shape & it really broke me.
Took the decision today to just chop it off and start again 💇♀️
As it came up on RTÉ radio this morning, a reminder that "food poverty" is NOT starving to death (as one panelist implied).
Food poverty is being unable to access affordable healthy options as well as not being able to afford a satisfactory amount of food.
I’ve had a few emails and DMs about work & just wanted to say I’m taking a break from ESPN & COYGIG for a bit as I had to have surgery on my brain after an accident last week. I’m out of hospital & have full function of everything so feeling v lucky… (1/2)
Before the Euro elections, I did a series of articles for
@thejournal_ie
where we asked candidates about important voting issues. One of the qs was about immigration and should Ire be taking in more people. Following thread is a reminder of what the FG candidates committed to
This footage shows how disgraceful the decision to go ahead with kickoff today was.
Players could have done serious damage and suspending it after six minutes is even more embarrassing for the league
🚨 Venus Williams has been knocked out of Wimbledon in the second round.
This is the first time since 1997 that neither Williams sister has made it to the third round.
FULL-TIME: Ireland 3-1 France
Wowowow.
What is there to say about that game? Nobody expected it but brilliant second half performance. Better yet, three goals! Russell has been a revelation and what a homecoming for O'Sullivan ☘️
From early this morning on RTÉ until into this evening you could have just watched women’s sport & I hate that I’m celebrating that but growing up it wouldn’t have been the case. Can’t wait for it to be the absolute norm 🙌🏻
Kyrgios was chatting to this woman throughout the match. She'd shout out instructions and if he followed them and won the point he'd point over at her and say: "Nice advice."
For decades, the Rodman legacy has been connected to basketball.
Trinity Rodman is hoping 2021 is the year that starts to change.
Alongside her former coaches, she tells me her dreams of an Olympic medal and why she admires USWNT’s Christen Press
Any frequent
@offtheball
listeners may have noticed a few teasers for this but very excited to say that I’m hosting a new women’s football show & our first
#COYGIG
episode went live today 🎉
Excellent news that Aramark – a catering provider for direct provision and the American prison system – has ended its contract with Trinity a year early
*deep breath*
I am very pleased and proud to bring you the inaugural
@ESPNFC
Top 50 ranking.
This has been an absolutely mammoth thing to undertake and I forget what sleep is but I'm so happy to have women's football represented in this way on ESPN
Dublin housing market is ❌
Viewing organised for an already vastly overpriced place and get a text before to say the rent is being raised by another €500 because of the massive interest in it 🙃
On that note, any leads on accommodation greatly appreciated 🏠
Must say I don’t think I could have ever considered going into sports journalism without the likes of Jacqui Hurley, Joanne Cantwell, Evanne Ní Chuilinn & the other women of RTÉ Sport.
Feels like they’ve always been there, doing a great job & showing there’s a place for women
🚨 Our exclusive interview with two-time World Cup winner
@TobinHeath
on what it means to her to join
@ManUtdWomen
is now live
Pleasure to do this with the one and only
@alexisenunes
Not to jump the gun *but* WCQ game vs. Finland at home. An absolutely pivotal moment in Irish football.
Time to open the Aviva up & hop on all the good feeling towards the team/Euros glow? Make it a proper spectacle?
Genuinely makes me sad the amount of grown ups I’ve seen today commenting that this makes Tiger “hilarious” and “one of the best.”
It’s immature at best & really really frustrates me people’s approach to it
Delphine Cascarino the new hero of Ireland. When asked by a French journalist if Ireland had a "British identity" she responded:
"I think they have their own identity. I think tomorrow will be a top game."
🗣️ 'This is for every person in Ireland, who knows what it means to be Irish'
🗣️ 'This is a day I'll look back at for the rest of my career!"
@kathleen_mcn
shares an emotional rally ahead of Ireland's first-ever Women's World Cup game ☘️🏆
#OTBAM
|
#COYGIG
☘️
Gigi Hadid re-shared this interview on her Instagram today, showing how far brilliant reporting & solidarity can go. Fair play to
@ashoreilly_
for capturing it so well 👏🏻
🗣 'They thought they could get rid of us, and they can't - this is proof of our existence.'
🇵🇸 Palestine player Charlotte Phillips' gave a powerful interview alongside her grandparents following their 2-1 win over
@bfcdublin
last night.
🎙:
@ashoreilly_
🇮🇪✍️ Peamount’s Tara O’Hanlon has signed for Manchester City.
City fended off interest from other top WSL clubs to secure her signature.
Very exciting times ahead 👀
The false information & people purporting to be trying to 'protect' women's sport is out of this world.
Read her whole story. Read the full & many comments of those who have fought her. Read people like Steve Bunce who have assessed her fighting technique & ability.
Just to clarify a few things:
1. I do not have it out for Pauw. I said multiple times based on the football alone she should get a new contract
2. I’ve been reporting on this team for years & have only ever reported what is in front of me. I don’t have an agenda (contd)
🚨 Here she is – my exclusive interview with the one and only
@ChristenPress
on her move to Manchester United.
We talked about her aim to win trophies with United, why Casey Stoney was a massive reason she joined the club and lots more
Finally made it home to Sligo last night and safe to say the neighbours pulled out all the stops. From a stocked fridge to this lovely welcome, I feel very lucky
I do feel like the FA have missed an opportunity here. Maybe English fans won’t care about facing Ireland as much as Irish fans care about facing England but there’s so many recognisable WSL faces in the Irish squad. Also, Carrow Road is just hard to get to from here 🤷🏻♀️
View this how you want but standing ovation here in Brisbane as Niamh Fahey comes off for Diane Caldwell.
Two legends of the game in Ireland so both deserving
Proof again of how much Megan Campbell’s free throws are seen as a threat with them featuring in the official programme. Wiegman said yesterday they were more dangerous than a corner
It’s 2.45am and I am officially clocking off for the day.
Check out
@TheCOYGIGPod
&
@offtheball
for my full reaction after the game tonight & all the ensuing drama 👀
Brissy, it has been a blast 🙌🏻
The FAI received just a 4% (!!!!) ticket allocation for their World Cup opener vs. Australia this summer.
Amounts to about 1,700 tickets out of a possible 42,500 😢
Here's how Katie McCabe voted in
#TheBest
awards:
⚽ Best player -- Mead, Kerr, Williamson
⭐ Best coach -- Wiegman, Sundhage, Hayes
🥊 Best GK -- Earps, Berger, Endler
Four daft members of the Irish media (myself included) decided it would be a good idea to not sleep after the Ireland game and instead head straight to the airport for a 6am flight to Brisbane 🫠
Longest but most fulfilling day ever 🇮🇪
#COYGIG
I used to shelve books in Trinity's library every morning during college while listening to Second Captains & imagine one day being on the show.
Today, I joined the lads and another hero of mine
@emmsb30
to talk about 🇮🇪 vs. 🇸🇪, abuse allegations in women's football & more 👇
Ireland may have lost to Sweden last night, but it's the type of performance that will get us to a World Cup, according to Vera Pauw
Ireland legend
@emmsb30
and ESPN's
@kathleen_mcn
join us to look ahead to the rest of the campaign
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE 🇮🇪
2 Jersey Launches
3 Models
3 International Players
3 Profiles lifted
1 HUGE Opportunity Missed
By not using the female players to market THEIR OWN KIT an opportunity to build recognition, fan bases & creating role models for future generations is lost.
🇮🇪 After a quick Google & with Callum Robinson on for one tonight...
Who's the last Irish player that wasn't Robbie Keane to score a hat-trick for Ireland?
#AZEIRL
#COYBIG
Football w/
@SkyIreland
BT Sport 2 just announced during their
#UWCL
coverage that they will have all women working on their WSL and Premier League coverage on Monday (International Women's Day).
That'll include women in front of camera and those working behind the scenes
✅ First day as digital producer for
#OTBAM
down.
Excited to join
@offtheball
on a full-time basis with the AM crew and bringing even bigger and better COYGIG eps to your ears
Moving off the football beat for two weeks for something *very* exciting.
Over a year-and-a-half into a sports journo career and finally on the ground at an event 🎾
Big celebrations from the squad in the middle of the pitch. Even bigger cheers as Russell grabs baby Rosie from her husbands and brings her out on the pitch ☘️
🚨 A lil announcement 🚨
After two-and-a-half wonderful (& at times chaotic) years I’m leaving ESPN for a new & exciting opportunity.
Couldn’t have gone out on a better high than the Euros & I’ll be forever grateful for the chance they gave me as a fresh graduate
Well, that was some end to the game. Delighted for Julie-Ann Russell as she gets Ireland's first goal of the campaign. It's a sweet end to what was a grim enough night in Norwich for Ireland. Many of the old mistakes creeped in that we haven't seen in a while. Much to think about
Big big news out of the Ireland camp this morning that Jamie Finn has done her ACL.
Terrible time for her after missing out on the World Cup and then getting back into the squad.
I feel like now is a good time to mention that I went for a 2-1 Irish win on
@offtheball
this morning and I’m very glad this is the first prediction I’ve ever actually got right