Ahead of the GB challenge at the Softco Series this week
As the Green Army prepare for the challenge of Olympic Champions, Great Britain, this week, we spoke to legendary Irish hockey goalkeeper, Ayeisha McFerran, about what we can expect.
Larne native, McFerran, is based in the Netherlands and flew to Belfast earlier this week to quarantine ahead of the clash, which will be just the second competition for Team Ireland in over a year. All three events can be followed on TV:
Match 1: | Saturday March 13th @ 2pm | BBC Sport NI website, BBC iPlayer. RTE Player TBC |
Match 2: | Sunday March 14th @ 5pm | BBC Sport NI website, BBC iPlayer, RTE 2 |
Match 3: | Tuesday March 16th @ 3pm | BBC Sport NI website, BBC iPlayer. RTE Player TBC. |
McFerran spoke about how preparations have been going, what to expect from the Games, and some of the measures that are in place to ensure that competition can happen.
“With GB being Olympic Champions, us being the World Cup silver medalists, it’s always a battle. Ireland, England, any sport, no matter what the sport, it’s always a battle, like, yeah. We always say it’s a dog-eat-dog world once we play each other.”
Full details on the match can be found HERE.
Full team HERE.