{"id":386504,"date":"2026-04-07T15:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386504\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:08:08","slug":"uncapped-maria-reynolds-among-ireland-additions-for-world-cup-qualifiers-against-poland-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386504\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncapped Maria Reynolds among Ireland additions for World Cup qualifiers against Poland \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland-wnt\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland-wnt\/\">Republic of Ireland<\/a> head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/carla-ward\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/carla-ward\/\">Carla Ward<\/a> has added three players to her squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Poland, with uncapped Shamrock Rovers defender Maria Reynolds among the additions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ward has called on Reynolds, her first official senior squad inclusion, Shelbourne midfielder Aoibheann Clancy and Sunderland defender Jamie Finn after injuries ruled Lily Agg, Aoibhe Brennan and Jessie Stapleton out of next week\u2019s two fixtures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ireland travel to Gdansk for the first leg next Tuesday (kick-off 5pm Irish time) followed by the return fixture at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, April 18th (kick-off 3pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Agg\u2019s inclusion in the squad announced last month marked her return after a lengthy absence following an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January 2025. During her rehabilitation for the ACL injury the 32-year-old was also diagnosed with melanoma in situ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It was also a first senior call-up for Bohemians midfielder Brennan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ireland currently sit bottom of Group A2 with no points from two outings. France lead on six points after two wins, with the Netherlands second (four points) and Poland third (one).<\/p>\n<p>Republic of Ireland squad (v Poland)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Goalkeepers: Courtney Brosnan (Everton), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic), Grace Moloney (Sunderland).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Defenders: Katie McCabe (Arsenal), Anna Patten (Aston Villa), Caitlin Hayes (Brighton), Aoife Mannion (Newcastle United), Chloe Mustaki (Nottingham Forest), Jamie Finn (Sunderland), Maria Reynolds (Shamrock Rovers).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Midfielders: Denise O\u2019Sullivan (Liverpool), Tyler Toland (Durham), Megan Connolly (Lazio), Marissa Sheva (Sunderland), Lucy Quinn (Birmingham City), Ruesha Littlejohn (Crystal Palace), Jess Ziu (West Ham United), Aoibheann Clancy (Shelbourne).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Forwards: Saoirse Noonan (Celtic), Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace), Leanne Kiernan (Nottingham Forest, loan), Emily Murphy (Newcastle United), Kyra Carusa (Kansas City Current, loan), Amber Barrett (Strasbourg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland head coach Carla Ward has added three players to her squad for the upcoming World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18999,61,60,43,18998],"class_list":{"0":"post-386504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-carla-ward","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-republic-of-ireland-wnt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}