'It's Rory Delass!' 共和国 of Ireland's Megan Campbell wows fans with her catapult 38-metre throw-ins to unsettle England's defence in Euro 2025 qualifier

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Football fans have been left stunned by 共和国 of Ireland women's player Megan Campbell and her catapult throw-ins during Tuesday night's Euro 2025 qualifier with England.

Former Manchester City and Liverpool defender Campbell, who now plays for 選手権 club London City Lionesses, 原因（となる）d England no end of problems with her 大規模な throws.

Although Sarina Wiegman's 味方する won 2-0 at Dublin's Aviva Stadium, Campbell's 配達／演説／出産s from the touchline led to moments of 簡潔な／要約する びっくり仰天 in a packed England 刑罰，罰則 area.

Analysing Campbell's Rory Delap-style 武器 地位，任命する-match, ITV 手段d one of her throws at a whopping 38m.

Pundit Karen Carney said: 'I don't think I've seen anything like it from Megan Campbell. It's unbelievable and it 原因（となる）d problems.

共和国 of Ireland defender Megan Campbell 準備するs to 開始する，打ち上げる one of her trademark catapult throw-ins during Tuesday night's Euro 2025 qualifier with England

ITV 手段d one of Campbell's throws at 38 metres as she 原因（となる）d 問題／発行するs for England

Ireland were able to pack the England box whenever they won a throw within 範囲

'At Chelsea, we got this machine in to replicate it because we couldn't throw it and practice in the same way. Nobody could do what she does.

'It put England on the 支援する foot, it 原因（となる）d [England goalkeeper] Hannah Hampton to come out and make 決定／判定勝ち（する）s and put her under 圧力.

'I don't think we dealt with it and the 勢い was building from these long throws.'

Goals by Lauren James and Alex Greenwood - a 刑罰，罰則 - gave England a 命令（する）ing first-half lead as the 統治するing European 支持する／優勝者s 選ぶd up their first 勝利，勝つ of qualifying.

Fans on social マスコミ drew comparison between Campbell and Delap, the ex-Stoke City and Ireland player remembered for his enormous throws, which then-経営者／支配人 Tony Pulis turned into an 資産.

Campbell was called 'Rory Delass', 'Megan Delap' and 'the 女性（の） Rory Delap' on X, with another fan asking: 'Do Stoke have a woman's team?'

Campbell salutes the fans at the Aviva Stadium after Ireland lost 2-0 to England on Tuesday

Stoke City famously turned the long throws of Ireland international Rory Delap into a 武器

Delap's 配達／演説／出産s made the Stoke 味方する under coach Tony Pulis a 軍隊 to be reckoned with

In 2017, when Campbell played at Man City, she told the club's Facebook page: 'Fortunately, my 武器 are やめる hyper-動きやすい and can go その上の 支援する than the 普通の／平均（する） person.'

But in another interview in 2020, Campbell said: I know I've got more about me as a player [than just the throw-ins].'

In a 2023 interview with Thomas Gronnemark, the specialist throw-in coach who was 雇うd by Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, she said: 'I realised I had the throw probably when I was 12 or 13 years old.

'I was playing with boys at the time because there were no girls' teams at my age group. I just threw the ball and it was その上の than the boys and they said "you can do that again, you can do the next one."

'I think 徐々に, that was the realisation this was longer than a normal person's throw-in and as I've grown up, they've just got longer.'

She has played 49 times for the 共和国 of Ireland, 得点する／非難する／２０ing four goals.