Philip

showing more and I think West Ham have been the big story as well they've been looking excellent especially from set pieces over the last couple of games Leeds United have got themselves out of trouble that win against Manchester United on Monday was huge for them and they're already six points clear of Spurs at this point so Spurs need a slip up from Forest or from West Ham between now and the end of the season so it's no longer in their own hands

You'd have to say so.

Like, I think this is a surprising result the other night in Gdansk, given the quality that Poland have in attacking areas for Ireland to go there and win.

And it completely transforms the picture of where this Republic of Ireland team is at.

There were narrow defeats to the Netherlands and to France in their first two games of this campaign.

But there is maybe an uncertainty about the direction of travel on this Ireland team.

We all know the world-class players in this side, Katie McCabe, Denise O'Sullivan.

The question for me is, could there be another superstar that comes along with them and drives this team on to new levels?

Emily Murphy might just be that player.

She was player of the match midweek.

It's her third player of the match already in her Ireland career.

She's only played 10 times for the Republic of Ireland.

They now bring Poland back home.

It's a game, by the way, you'll be able to hear live on News Talk tomorrow afternoon from 3pm.

And if Ireland win this game, it probably ensures that they won't finish bottom in Ligue A, which means they'll stay up in Ligue A, which means they get an easier playoff path to the World Cup next year.

So this is what's at stake.

Yeah, definitely.

And I think as well, the performance midweek would probably persuade a couple of thousand extra people to actually get out and support the team on Saturday because people just love a winning story.

they will like they hammered Italy last year 54 points to 12 in Parma the England game I think it's important to remember the direction of travel in that relationship with England like they coughed up 88 points last time they were at Twickenham two years ago and they got that down to 30 something wasn't it last weekend so England weren't at their best last week and I think Ireland will have frustrations about not taking advantage of some of England's frailties but I still think by and large Ireland should have more than enough to beat Italy this weekend there's a debutante on the wing for Ireland this weekend Robin O'Connor

She's a star of the Sevens side, so we'll be excited to see her.