Category Archives: Women’s Rugby

John Quill riding American rugby wave By Daire Walsh USA flanker John Quill is looking forward to renewing acquaintances with former Dolphin team-mates Niall Scannell and Darren Sweetnam in tomorrow’s international encounter with Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. The Youghal … Continue reading →

Claffey aiming to seal regular Ireland place By Daire Walsh Michelle Claffey won’t forget this week in a hurry. She received her first Irish start in Sunday’s defeat to the USA and six days later will line out at Twickenham … Continue reading →

Injury forces changes to Ireland women’s team for Twickenham Chance for Nicole Cronin, Emma Hooban, Leah Lyons and Nichola Fryday to impress Daire Walsh Following a disappointing home defeat to the USA last weekend, IrelandWomen’s head coach Adam Griggs has made six alterations … Continue reading →

Griggs And Griffin Set Targets For Twickenham After Losing Start Ireland Women’s head coach Adam Griggs said the team’s breakdown work was not sharp enough during Sunday afternoon’s 19-10 defeat to a well-drilled USA side at Energia Park. Ireland were … Continue reading →

Breakdown failing costs us, says Irish boss Griggs Women’s International Test Ireland 10 USA 19 Daire Walsh, Energia Park IRELAND Women’s head coach Adam Griggs pinpointed a lack of cohesion around the breakdown as a key factor in his side’s … Continue reading →

Griggs rues breakdown malfunction in loss to USA Ireland 10 USA 19 Daire Walsh Ireland women’s head coach Adam Griggs pinpointed a lack of cohesion around the breakdown as a key factor in his side’s defeat to the USA at … Continue reading →

Women’s international: USA prove too strong for Ireland Ireland suffer third straight loss as visitors run in three tries at Donnybrook Daire Walsh  at Donnybrook Ireland 10 USA 19 Ireland fell to a disappointing defeat at the hands of the … Continue reading →

Sheehan Scores Debut Try In Ireland Women’s Defeat To Eagles The Ireland Women’s team fell to a 19-10 defeat at the hands of a physical USA side in a fiercely-contested November Test at Energia Park this afternoon. Despite tries in … Continue reading →

Hughes Excited About Combining With Caughey In Green Jersey Although she was the Ireland Women’s first choice scrum half during the 2018 Six Nations with four starts, Ailsa Hughes admits it took a while for her to find her feet … Continue reading →

Hughes finally finding her feet at highest level Daire Walsh She is now firmly established as first-choice scrum-half under Adam Griggs, but Ireland women’s star Ailsa Hughes admits it took a while to find her feet in the international arena. … Continue reading →