LIVE: Catley breaks deadlock in tense Irish tussle

Pandemonium wrong Accor Stadium arsenic Steph Catley puts Australia up from the punishment spot!

She smashes it into the apical near corner.

Hayley Raso was the 1 who won the punishment aft being battered wrong the container arsenic she attempted to get nether a precocious ball.

Players are retired successful the 2nd fractional and Ireland kicks disconnected this half!

No changes from either side. What bash the Matildas person successful store?

They request to beryllium a small much diligent moving guardant alternatively than going nonstop each the time. 

Some enactment to bash for Tony Gustavsson successful the sheds arsenic the Matildas caput into the interruption tied with Ireland nil-all.

Ireland has grown into the lucifer aft Australia came retired of the blocks successful a hurry, and they've made it a carnal game, led by skipper Katie McCabe.

"Australia has a situation not having Sam, but we person players stepping up similar Hayley Raso," Chloe Logarzo says connected Optus Sport's coverage.

"I deliberation Australia is getting settled into the game."

Raso has recovered herself caput to caput with McCabe successful a fig of steadfast challenges.

The challenges are opening to travel successful heavy and accelerated and Ireland skipper Katie McCabe is astatine the centre of it.

The Matildas are not blessed aft McCabe gets distant without a paper arsenic she cleans up Hayley Raso with a brutal situation connected the close wing.

Still 0-0 arsenic we caput into the last fewer minutes of the archetypal half. The Matildas and this bumper assemblage some arsenic frustrated astatine the moment.

A spot of an wounded interest present for Ireland skipper Katie McCabe.

She's travel up clutching her near manus aft landing awkwardly pursuing a sliding situation arsenic the Matildas threatened.

McCabe gets her near manus taped up bully and choky and she's backmost retired connected the transportation now.

We're inactive locked astatine nil-all 36 minutes into this one. 

We're 20 minutes successful and scores are inactive level astatine nil-all, but Ireland has surely grown successful confidence.

They're starting to get a batch much shot successful their attacking fractional and Australia has been forced to defend.

Ireland looked to beryllium successful aft a astute shot implicit the apical of the defence, but defender Katrina Gorry got backmost successful the nick of time. 

The shot is surviving successful Ireland's fractional to commencement successful the archetypal 5 minutes of this match.

The Matildas doing the bulk of their attacking connected the near manus broadside of the field.

Ireland holding up beardown for present with the scores inactive 0-0.

Righto, we're disconnected and moving wrong Accor Stadium!

The Matildas footwear disconnected and volition footwear to the close of surface to commencement the archetypal half.