Summary

  • Wales comfortably beat Northern Ireland in international friendly at Cardiff City Stadium

  • Jess Fishlock volleyed Wales ahead early on for her 36th international goal on her 140th appearance

  • Angharad James doubled Wales' lead shortly after from Fishlock's delivery

  • Leicester City's Hannah Cain scored her first international goal to make it 3-0 before Rachel Rowe added a fourth

  • Lauren Wade scored brilliant goal from acute angle to add late consolation for Northern Ireland

Live Reporting

Michael Pearlman

  1. YELLOW CARD

    Wales 4-1 Northern Ireland

    Rachel Furness is booked for a late challenge.

  2. Wales 4-1 Northern Ireland

    Gwennan Harries
    Former Wales striker on BBC Two Wales

    That was a series of errors from a Wales perspective that led to Northern Ireland's first goal but what a finish that is from Lauren Wade.

  3. goal

    GOAL - Wales 4-1 Northern Ireland

    Lauren Wade

    What a fantastic finish!

    Angharad James gives the ball away, Rhiannon Roberts is shrugged off the ball and with Olivia Clark out of position and Lauren Wade rattles the ball home from an acute angle.

    Best strike of the night.

  4. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Tonight's attendance at the Cardiff City Stadium is 6,831.

  5. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    In this instance; 'you can only play what is in front of you,' equates to: Northern Ireland have been really, really bad tonight.

  6. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Kath Morgan
    Former Wales captain on BBC Cymru Fyw

    This is what Wales needed tonight, to find that confidence in front of goal. You can only play what's in front of you but the way they've created the chances and the standard of the goals have been very high.

  7. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Lauren Wade shoots from distance, but her effort is wide and does not trouble Olivia Clark.

  8. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Andy Gray
    BBC Sport NI at the Cardiff City Stadium

    That's Northern Ireland's balloon burst...literally.

    A green balloon had drifted onto the field and Rhiannon Roberts dispatched of it with a firm stomp.

    Cue more cheers from the home support.

  9. SUBSTITUTIONS

    Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    A triple change for Wales as Josie Green, Ffion Morgan and Elise Hughes replace Hannah Cain, Hayley Ladd and Rachel Rowe.

  10. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Gwennan Harries
    Former Wales striker on BBC Two Wales

    There was quality on the cross and the decision making by Ceri Holland to get the ball into the box was very good and Rachel Rowe did the rest. The Northern Ireland keeper had to be stronger there.

  11. Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Andy Gray
    BBC Sport NI at the Cardiff City Stadium

    Here comes Rachel Furness!

    She's back in a Northern Ireland jersey after stepping away in the summer for personal reasons.

    The small section of the Green and White Army make their appreciation known for Northern Ireland's record scorer.

  12. SUBSTITUTIONS

    Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    More changes for the visitors.

    Record-scorer Rachel Furness and Emily Wilson replace Ellie Mason and skipper Marissa Callaghan.

  13. goal

    GOAL - Wales 4-0 Northern Ireland

    Rachel Rowe

    That's four!

    Goalkeeper Shannon Turner misses Ceri Holland's cross and Rachel Rowe is free at the back-post to fire home.

  14. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland have been defending Wales corners for a full two minutes.

  15. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    Successive corners for Wales... and now a third.... and a fourth!

    Pressure.

  16. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    This game is drifting at the moment.

  17. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    Wales keeping the ball better now.

    Northern Ireland's relatively bright spell has subsided.

  18. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    Rebecca McKenna makes a big tackle to deny Hannah Cain.

    A first sniff for Wales since the restart.

  19. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    Kath Morgan
    Former Wales captain on BBC Cymru Fyw

    I don't think Northern Ireland have got the quality to cause Wales problems tonight so Wales just need to cut out their own mistakes.

  20. Wales 3-0 Northern Ireland

    Jo Price
    Former Wales goalkeeper on BBC Radio Wales

    Northern Ireland are knocking on the door and it feels like a completely different side who have come out in the second half. They have definitely had a talking to at half-time.