Category Archives: Women’s Rugby

Griggs Targets ‘Performance To Be Proud Of’ In Play-Off By Daire Walsh Ireland Women’s head coach Adam Griggs said that a below-par first half left his side with too much to do against France in Saturday’s Six Nations Pool B decider. Despite … Continue reading →

Griggs: We’re Confident We Can Take A Step Up By Daire Walsh Ireland Women’s head coach Adam Griggs is confident his side are capable of building on their explosive start to the Six Nations when France visit Energia Park on Saturday (kick-off … Continue reading →

Ireland suffer heavy loss to France in Women’s Six Nations By Daire Walsh THERE was disappointment for the Ireland women’s rugby team at Energia Park in Donnybrook this afternoon as they suffered a comprehensive 56-15 defeat at the hands of … Continue reading →

Ciara Griffin: ‘We focus on us and what we can do, the performances we can put in DAIRE WALSH After getting their campaign off to a flying start on away soil last weekend, Ireland women’s rugby captain Ciara Griffin is … Continue reading →

Griggs: Selecting Same Team Is Reward For Last Week’s Good Start By Daire Walsh After seeing his side start their campaign in such convincing fashion, Ireland Women’s head coach Adam Griggs feels continuity is the best course of action as they look … Continue reading →

Tyrrell stars as Higgins debuts for Ireland on Six Nations stage By Daire Walsh IT WAS a perfect start to the Women’s Six Nations Championship for Hannah Tyrrell and Eve Higgins at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, with both players … Continue reading →

Nichola Fryday missed out on rugby schooldays Female students were offered limited exposure to the sport during her time at Kilkenny College DAIRE WALSH Second-row Nichola Fryday stands out as something of an outlier in the Ireland women’s rugby team. … Continue reading →

Delany Eager To ‘Build On Last Week’s Good Foundations’ By Daire Walsh They say practice makes perfect. From Lauren Delany’s perspective, this is something the Ireland Women managed to largely pull off at Cardiff Arms Park last Saturday. While acknowledging it was … Continue reading →

‘I was aware we weren’t accepted’: The journey of Ireland’s first-ever women’s rugby captain In the second part of our new series, Trailblazers, Jill Henderson speaks about turning down England, establishing an Irish team and their lasting legacy. ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ IS … Continue reading →