Women’s Football Weekly: International break with Fran Kirby & Caroline Weir

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines talk international football with Fran Kirby as England prepare for friendlies against Germany and South Africa. Ben sat down with Fran who spoke about what life has been like since leaving Chelsea and joining Brighton and also chats the Euros next summer in Switzerland.

Ellen and Jen are joined by former teammate Caroline Weir who has recently returned from an ACL injury, just in time for crucial Euro qualifiers with Scotland. Caroline shares how her recovery was, ambitions for the Champions League with Real Madrid and how she’s feeling being back with Scotland.

Plus Ellen and Jen give their thoughts on who should win the Ballon d’Or!

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Timecodes: 00:20 Intro 01:40 Ellen & Jen takeover! 03:00 Caroline Weir 19:25 Fran Kirby with Ben 29:30 Who is England’s first choice keeper? 32:10 Ballon d’Or 34:10 Will Jen & Ellen do a TikTok dance together?

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