Football Daily

On the eve of the Women’s World Cup Juliette Ferrington is joined by Northern football writer at the Daily Telegraph - Luke Edwards, former England goalkeeper, Karen Bardsley and commentator Vicki Sparks to look ahead to the opening fixtures of the tournament. But focus first turns to England – and they hear from Lucy Bronze after the Lionesses released a statement saying they will pause discussions with the FA on performance-related bonuses until after the World Cup. Luke and Juliette were in Brisbane for the England press conference and get the thoughts on this from Karen and Vicki, who are in Sydney. History will be made tomorrow when the Republic of Ireland take to the pitch for their first World Cup game – they face hosts Australia. They hear from Ireland striker Ruesha Littlejohn to get some insights into how she and her team-mates are feeling. And they pose that all important question… could Australia be successful without star player Sam Kerr? Also Jules lets us in on what's happening in the 5 live sport’s WhatsApp group – which involves Karen skateboarding, copious jetlag chat and a search for a good Italian restaurant. Timecodes. 7:40 – Lucy Bronze audio. 23:50 - Ruesha Littlejohn interview. 27:41 – Ireland v Australia focus. 36:49 – NZ v Norway preview.