Ireland were playing Colombia in a behind-closed-doors friendly in their Meakin Park training ground
Ireland’s behind-closed-doors friendly against Colombia on Friday was abandoned after 20 minutes - with Denise O’Sullivan taken to hospital with a shin injury.
The Irish bench stopped the match due to ‘over physical’ Colombian play, with one challenge leaving star player O’Sullivan stricken and in need of medical attention. The nature and seriousness of her injury is currently being assessed. O’Sullivan’s absence would be a huge blow for the Girls in Green ahead of next Thursday’s opener against co-hosts Australia in Sydney.An FAI insider said that the decision to take the players off the pitch was because “it was an overly-physical game and we had an injury to one of our players. We consulted with the match officials and brought the game to an end.
It was confirmed that O’Sullivan was the injured player and that she was on her way to hospital “for a scan to see the extent” of the problem.Sign up to our free sports newsletter to get the latest headlines to your inbox
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