Denise O’Sullivan extends her arm to reveal one of her latest tattoos, a map of Ireland with her native Cork highlighted. The other new markings on her body are the stud marks on her shin and some bruising from being stamped on by a Colombia player in a warm-up game which almost put an end to her dream of playing in a World Cup.
O’Sullivan had sensed there was something malicious in the approach of the Colombia team almost from the start of that game.
There had been a bad challenge on Ruesha Littlejohn earlier but she “had jumped just in time”. O’Sullivan herself had been bodychecked and sent flying along the ground by Colombia midfielder Lorena Bedoya. She had barely picked herself up and
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