Assistant coach Alan O’Connor admits Ireland must be “more clinical” as they attempt to turn the page on last month’s Women’s Six Nations loss to France.

Despite a dominant first-half performance, Ireland were level at 7-7 with the French at half-time in Clermont before the hosts surged clear to win 26-7.

And having regrouped during the tournament’s fallow week, the Irish aim to get back on track when they welcome Wales to Affidea Stadium on Saturday (18:30 BST, live on BBC One Wales, BBC Two NI & BBC iPlayer).

“We had a good week last week, we trained twice. There was a lot of good from that French game, so we’re just trying to build on that,” said forwards coach O’Connor.

“The first half was really good. I think we got close to the line around 12 times, but we just weren’t clinical enough. Building on that, we just need to be more clinical.”

Ireland have lost two of their first three games in this year’s tournament, having suffered a 33-12 reverse to England before an emphatic 57-20 victory over Italy.

With an away win over England or France no longer possible, they still have the chance to end the competition with a perfect home record, with Scotland visiting Dublin’s Aviva Stadium after the Wales game in Belfast.

“I think we can move the ball maybe a bit more as a forward pack and get more short passes in our game,” O’Connor added when asked what improvements were required.

“Wales’ strength would probably be the set-piece. They’re good at the breakdown so we need to make sure we’re on the money there.”

O’Connor joined Scott Bemand’s backroom team in January as a replacement for Alex Codling, having left Ulster last year following 13 years at the province.

And the 33-year-old says he has loved cutting his coaching teeth with the national side after his playing career failed to yield a Test cap for the men’s team.

“The girls are great. There’s a lot of passion for the badge and the country,” he said.

“Me being involved with Ireland, it’s always been a dream of mine so to be back down here wearing the green shirt as a coach is class for me.”

Reaching an agreement with Chansiri was never going to be easy.

During the administration process, the Thai was offered a number of offers on his debt, which were either outright refused, ignored or not taken in good faith.

“The EFL had to take into account the intransigent soul shown by Mr Chansiri and his reluctance to engage with offers made by the bidder,” football finance expert Kieran Maguire told BBC Sport.

It was only last week that things fell into place.

Chansiri was made an offer which would see him receive payments, in effect, to about 25p in the pound.

But he would not receive a penny now – it would all be based upon the club’s future success.

“We’re probably talking about promotion first of all back to the Championship, and in due course to the Premier League. He could then get his 25%,” Maguire says.

The EFL said the offer must remain on the table for a short period of time to show it was credible and serious.

But there was one final act which might just sum up Chansiri’s tenure, as reported by the Sheffield Star, external.

A response to the offer had to be received by midday on Tuesday. Chansiri decided to accept, but replied too late – minutes after the deadline.

Chansiri – subject to any challenge – might now be left with nothing.

Having agreed to cancel Wednesday’s 15-point deduction, the EFL board made a few other stipulations.

Football creditors and HMRC had to be paid in full, while all other non-secured creditors – local businesses – had to get their 25p straight away.

Had the EFL been less flexible, those companies faced receiving a much lower return.

“The EFL probably took the view that as HMRC are being paid 100%, football creditors are being paid 100% and other unsecured creditors are being paid 25%, other stakeholders were being treated appropriately,” Maguire added.

“Therefore there was a clear case for having no penalty.”

Arise had to make a firm commitment to invest in the decaying stadium immediately.

In his speech on the pitch on Saturday, Storch promised there would be both running water, and hot water, in the toilets.

That might seem like a joke, but anyone who has attended Hillsborough in recent seasons would know it was anything but.

Arise did not hang about. An outstanding charge of about £7m owed on a loan Chansiri had taken out against Hillsborough was cleared on Wednesday.

Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni will miss Argentina’s first two matches of this summer’s World Cup if selected, as his ban for abusing Vinicius Jr has been extended worldwide.

Prestianni, 20, was given a six-match ban by Uefa last month after he admitted using homophobic language towards Real Madrid’s Vinicius during their Champions League match in February.

He will be banned for two further games, having already served a provisional one-match ban, with the other three suspended for two years.

Football’s global governing body Fifa has accepted Uefa’s request for a worldwide ban.

Prestianni has only made one appearance for Argentina, which came in a friendly against Angola in November 2025.

Vinicius had initially accused Prestianni of racially abusing him, which Prestianni denied.

He would have faced a minimum 10-match ban from European competition if he had been found guilty of racist abuse.

If he is not selected in Argentina’s World Cup squad, Prestianni will serve his ban in next season’s Champions League or Europa League, with Benfica still battling for European qualification.

Prestianni raised his shirt to cover his mouth while speaking to Vinicius, and it has since been confirmed that players could be given a red card if they do this at the World Cup.