Irish will be ready and fighting for play-off - McCabe

Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe said the side will be "fighting and hungry" for their World Cup play-off after their ambitions of qualifying automatically were ended by France in their winner takes all Group A2 match.Melvine Malard's acrobatic effort broke the deadlock on 40 minutes and despite Thiniba Samoura being sent-off for two bookable offences, Carla Ward's side could not use the player advantage to help stage a comeback.Results elsewhere meant that the Republic of Ireland finish