McLaughlin, Brown on fire for Irish U17s in Lithuania

INISHOWEN women Erin McLaughlin and Kerryanne Brown hit FIVE of the goals as the Republic of Ireland Women’s U17s hammered Albania yesterday.

James Scott’s team won 10-0 in Lithuania.

McLaughlin hit a hat-trick in the first half while Brown scored twice as the Girls in Green raced into a 5-0 lead by half-time.

Goals in the second period by Laura Shine, Aoife Horgan, Aoibheann Clancy, Kate Slevin and Rebecca Watkins completed the scoring.

McLaughlin opened the scoring on 12 minutes with a tidy finish before Swion Swifts’ Brown cut in from the right to fire past Antigona Hyska.

McLaughlin smashed in a second before Greencastle native Brown rounded Hyska for another Irish goal.

Just a minute later, McLaughlin – who plays with Culdaff in the North West Women’s Super League – completed her hat-trick.

The Irish side will now face Lithuania on Friday and Greece on Monday.