Wales and Republic of Ireland set up tense second leg after stalemate in Cardiff
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wales and the Republic of Ireland drew the first leg of their Euro 2025 play-off final as Olivia Clark’s unfortunate own goal prevented the Dragons from taking a lead to Dublin. Lily Woodham – who had scored in Wales’ 2-0 friendly victory in Dublin nine months ago – opened the scoring with a sweet strike after 20 minutes. Littlejohn headed Rhiannon Roberts’ effort clear from close to the goal-line and Jones wriggled free of Ireland defenders to force a useful save from Courtney Brosnan. It was Wales’ best spell of the contest and Littlejohn lost composure by flattening Rachel Rowe and then pushing Fishlock over to receive a yellow card.