Aine O'Gorman and Abbie Larkin are at very different points in their careers.
Peamount's O'Gorman is third on the list of most capped players for the Republic of Ireland, with more than 100 appearances amassed.
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Larkin is at the very beginning having won her first two caps during the recent Pinatar Cup.
The difference in experience didn't prevent Larkin from imparting advice to 32-year-old O'Gorman though, as the latter joked when they crossed the Women's National League title battle divide to chat to me on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast at the launch of this year's Aviva Soccer Sisters Easter Camps.
"Abbie stepped into the camp, and she was surrounded by a few younger players like Ellen Molloy, and she just took it in her stride and goes out and plays with no fear," said O'Gorman.
"She showed that in the game against Russia. I would have chatted to Abbie during the week and just told her to go and enjoy the game and she was giving me tips too.
"We were talking one day around the table after the training and she goes, 'Aine, you just have to go and believe in yourself' and I was like, 'Okay, Abbie thanks for that.'"
Both laughed at that anecdote. Larkin had made an impact for her club Shelbourne last season, marking her debut with a goal and Player of the Match award against Galway before the club went on to pip O'Gorman's Peamount to the league title in a dramatic final-day twist.
The meteoric rise for the forward was capped by that call-up to Ireland manager Vera Pauw's squad for those Pinatar Cup games, although Larkin wasn't the first to find out about her selection.
"My mam actually knew before me, two or three days before me, but she wasn't allowed to tell me," she revealed.
"She had to keep it a secret. So we had a home-based training on the Wednesday and Vera called me and my mam and dad over and said to me that, 'We think you're ready and it's time for you to come up and experience what it's like at senior level."
Ireland eventually finished third in the mini-tournament in Spain and the importance of it is was that it marked a halfway point between the first half of the World Cup qualifiers and the resumption next month against table-toppers Sweden.
The Irish side currently occupy second placed and the play-off spot ahead of direct rivals Finland, who the Girls in Green beat away from home last autumn.
A repeat of the first half of the qualifying campaign would put Ireland in with a great chance of reaching the play-offs although O'Gorman knows Sweden on the road will be as tough a task as they could face before further games against Finland (home), Georgia (away) and Slovakia (away).
"That's invaluable experience I think," she said of being able to introduce new talent and get the squad back together again at the Pinatar Cup.
"It was something we probably missed out on in previous years due to Covid. It's great preparation for us, off the back of a successful 2021, going into 2022 and looking forward to the challenge against Sweden next month.
"We put in a great performance against Sweden (in October) and we showed great resilience in that game and we were actually pushing them all the way till the end of the game. We had them on the back foot.
"So we can take that as a positive going into the next game but that game was off the back of the Olympics. They had won the silver medal and probably should have won gold and I think they've built up a bit more momentum since then with their friendly games in the last international window as well.
"So, it's going to be a Sweden team that's back at the top of their game and you can see (Stina) Blackstenius over at Arsenal banging in goals and scored two goals at the weekend.
"So we're under no illusions. It's going to be a very tough task and a very good challenge and a chance for us to test ourselves against the best in the world and see where we're at. It's one we're really looking forward to."
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Áine O'Gorman and Abbie Larkin were speaking at the launch of this year’s Aviva Soccer Sisters Easter Camps.
