NO LARKIN ABOUT FROM THE BOSS AT QUESTION TIME

VERA PAUW takes a sip of her triple espresso, her second of a busy morning, smiles and sinks back into her chair.

- MARK MCCADDEN

That’s all she offers in response to questions about 18-year-old Abbie Larkin’s prospects of starting tomorrow against Canada.

Nothing concrete, unsurprisingly, yet her ‘no comment’ should be enough to fire up an already rambunctious Ringsend ahead of another packed-out watch party.

Larkin made a dazzling impact on her World Cup debut last Thursday. She came off the bench in the 62nd minute, helped transform the Irish attack, and teed up Katie McCabe for Ireland’s best chance of the night.

No surprise then that calls for the young Shamrock Rovers forward to get the nod tomorrow in Perth have been growing louder and louder with each passing day.