Womens' rugby Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120878912#Comment_120878912

Look at womens soccer and Sarah Rowe. she had played for irish womens team(was on underage teams with Katie McCabe and others at world cup_ but hadnt played for years. went back playing a few months ago maybe to try make world cup squad and didnt make squad.

Nothing wrong with widening the player pool. she may keep playing after anyway even if she doesnt make olympics.

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120878424#Comment_120878424

2 captains in their 20s in two years. Griffin "retired" from rugby but Fryday is still playing, she's just done with the IRFU. No wonder after being trotted out to the press all year to assure them that all was well when the dog on the street could see there were massive problems with the coach and supports.

Writing was on the wall when she turned town a "professional"contract for whatever pittance they were offering, she's better off at Exeter.

kita99

Ireland lost the captain who was the great lock player. Maybe Ireland women need to come back to the top lebel rugby above 10 years. I live in Japan. Before a cupple years ago, Ireland women came to Japan in august. (then temparature above 30°c, and humidity 70~80%) I thought that who planned that crazy, idiot and meaningless tour. Even in that situation, she showed us very impressive leadership. I miss her from the heart.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653269#Comment_120653269

Italy beat Spain and Fiji qualified from Oceania and Colombia beat Brazil to join the 3 already qualified in WX3

minitrue

Fiji ... yeah I'm feeling even less confident now we can get out of WXV 3 with no coach, manager or captain. The managers departure seems to have slipped by most unnoticed though to me that unexplained silent departure (open to correction) feels like the most damning indictment of the supposed fresh start/new era/rebuild from the IRFU.

But don't worry about it, the IRFU are spending more money on the women so everything is fine, nothing to see here, certainly no need for any Irish journalists to risk being added to the exiles by asking any questions.

Caranica

Big (positive) news this afternoon

https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/1684519000061906946?t=P34LrflJkl2tm6VS0m_fEA&s=19

Lost Ormond

thats a real quality move by IRFU. Bemand has been with England as attack coach for last 8 years

sydthebeat

excellent news

BeardySi

Anyone know of any stream of the Women's u20 games in Italy today?

Lost Ormond

Lost both games

To Italy 17-14 and Scotland 21-12

BeardySi

Yes. Lots of great individual effort, but they didn't seem to have gelled as a whole team. They were better against the Scots, but the Italians really had the measure of them.

Poor form form the IRFU socials with their "good luck in your training match" tweet 2 hrs before the game. The Scots and Italians at least acknowledged that something was happening.

Sure, there's bigger things in rugby this month but they were far more interested in pushing how the world cup strip isn't quite as awful a shade of green as it first looked than acknowledging the first u20 women's international tie...

Onwards and upwards...

Lost Ormond

Interpros start this weekend

Games live on tg4 YouTube

All teams named on provincial websites at this stage.

Won't see game liblve but will try catch up later

Between Munster and leinster as usual for the title

sydthebeat

Leinster Rugby:

15. Naoise O’Reilly (Wicklow RFC)*

14. Elise O Byrne-White (Old Belvedere RFC/Dublin University FC)

13. Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Tullamore RFC)

12. Sene Taiti-Fanene (Exeter Chiefs/Old Belvedere RFC)

11. Clare Gorman (Old Belvedere RFC)

10. Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Tullow RFC)

9. Katie Whelan (Old Belvedere RFC/Enniscorthy RFC)

1. Aoife Moore (Blackrock College RFC/St. Mary’s College RFC)

2. Sarah Delaney (PortDara RFC)*

3. Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/St. Mary’s College RFC)

4. Ruth Campbell (MU Barnhall/Naas RFC)*

5. Eimear Corri (Blackrock College RFC/Portlaoise RFC)

6. Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Enniscorthy RFC)*

7. Molly Boyne (Railway Union RFC/Dublin University FC)

8. Hannah O’Connor (Blackrock College RFC/CYM RFC)

Replacements:

16. Lisa Callan (Old Belvedere RFC)

17. Caoimhe Molloy (Wicklow RFC/Blackrock College RFC)

18. Jess Keating (Old Belvedere RFC)

19. Katelynn Doran (MU Barnhall/Cill Dara RFC)*

20. Amy O’Mahony (Old Belvedere RFC/Greystones RFC)*

21. Ailsa Hughes (Railway Union RFC/Tullamore RFC)

22. Lisa Mullen (Blackrock College RFC)

23. Meabh O’Brien (Suttonians RFC/Naas RFC)

* Denotes Uncapped Player

sydthebeat

Munster: Aoife Corey (UL Bohemian RFC); Aoife Doyle (Railway Union RFC), Alana McInerney (UL Bohemian RFC), Stephanie Nunan (UL Bohemian RFC), Stephanie Carroll (Railway Union RFC); Kate Flannery (UL Bohemian RFC), Muirne Wall (UL Bohemian RFC); Róisín Ormond (Ballincollig RFC), Ciara Farrell (UL Bohemian RFC), Fiona Reidy (UL Bohemian RFC); Gillian Coombes (Ballincollig RFC), Clodagh O’Halloran (UL Bohemian RFC); Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College RFC) (c), Maeve Óg O’Leary (Blackrock College RFC), Chloe Pearse (UL Bohemian RFC).

Replacements: Deirbhile Nic a Bháird (Old Belvedere RFC), Eilís Cahill (UL Bohemian RFC), Claire Bennett (UL Bohemian RFC), Brianna Heylmann (UL Bohemian RFC), Jane Clohessy (UL Bohemian RFC), Abbie Salter-Townshend (UL Bohemian RFC), Aoife O’Shaughnessy (UL Bohemian RFC), Ellen Boylan (Blackrock College RFC).

sydthebeat

Ulster Senior Women v Munster Senior Women

(1-8) Sahbh McGrath, Beth Cregan (C), Gemma McCamley, Fiona Tuite, Keelin Brady, Chloe Donnan, Maebh Clenaghan, Sophie Barrett

(15-9) Maeve Liston, Niamh Marley, Kelly McCormill, Ella Durkan, Megan Edwards, Abby Moyles, Laura Cairns

Replacements: Sarah Roberts, Aishling O'Connell, Taryn Schutzler, Brenda Barr, Amber Redmond, Peita McAlister, Toni MacCartney, Stacey Sloan.

sydthebeat

Connacht Starting Team

Lost Ormond

Thanks Syd.

I've said it before bit 9rfu 9f they want to help women's game need to help some more clubs getting high level ASAP

Just look at make up of some of the squads

Bohs in Munster. For example. Not healthy that there so dominant and it then has knock on effect with other clubs and league as a whole

sydthebeat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120965699#Comment_120965699

fully agreed.

delighted as i am to see Sarah Delaney from my own club start at hooker for leinster, its probably only a matter of time before shes co-opted into one of the big 4.

I appreciate that a lot of these girls would be of college going age so a move to a dublin team is almost inevitable for a leinster based player, or UL Bohs for munster.

Hopefully wicklow and ballincollig (and galwegians to an extent) can continue their upward trend.

they need serious help though, and im not sure theres really any appetite in the irfu for change

Lost Ormond

Wins for Connacht and Munster today

CIARAN_BOYLE

Does anyone know where the Ulster Munster game was? The lack of crowd was imo a bit disappointing.

Connacht Leinster seemed to have a decent crowd.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120970402#Comment_120970402

On in Armagh rfc.

Lost Ormond

Great to see Connacht win. Surprise there.

CIARAN_BOYLE

It looks like there was next to no 7s regulars involved in the interprovincials. I presume they are in their offseason or preseasons and not allowed participate.

This is disappointing part of the schedule. Many of the womens sevens players would add to their provinces for 7s.

I presume that the interpros schedule was planned as a trial/preseason before the womens xv.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120973470#Comment_120973470

To be expected they didn't appear. 7s series doesn't start until December so doubt they lre in any pre season so are on off season.

Lost Ormond

Fixtures for wx3 confirmed

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2023/08/14/wxv3-fixtures-confirmed-for-october/

phog

What an amazing group of photos of parents who played for Munster in Cork today supporting their children who played for Munster

Lost Ormond

Ulster beat Connacht 36-14 to win a first interpro game since 2012

Munster Leinster final half time 14-14

Fotish

Bad news for women's rugby. BBC and ITV both refuse to broadcast England women’s rugby

England v Canada matches will be broadcast only on the RFU's YouTube channel, after failing to find a TV broadcaster

Happyhouse22

Big win for the Irish XVs team in a behind closed doors game against the US today.

Lost Ormond

Head Coach Scott Bemand has named his Ireland squad for the upcoming World Rugby WXV3 Tournament in Dubai.

The squad is made up of 17 forwards and 13 backs with 15 players from the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Champions Leinster. The remainder of the squad is made up of 3 from Munster, 3 from Ulster, 5 from Connacht and 4 UK club based players.

The squad will depart for Dubai on October 6th ahead of their first game on the 13th versus Kazakhstan. All matches will be streamed free on World Rugby’s RugbyPass platform.

Ireland Squad – WXV3 Dubai 2023

Forwards:

Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) 1

Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster) 15

Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) 10

Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College RFC/Munster) 20

Edel McMahon (Exeter Chiefs) 21

Eimear Corri (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)*

Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)*

Grace Moore (Saracens/IQ Rugby) 10

Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster) 29

Maeve Óg O’Leary (Blackrock College RFC/Munster) 4

Megan Collis (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)*

Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury) 18

Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster) 1

Ruth Campbell (MU Barnhall RFC/Leinster)*

Sadhbh McGrath (City of Derry/Cooke RFC/Ulster) 5

Sam Monaghan (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby) 15

Sarah Delaney (Cill Dara RFC/Leinster)*

Backs:

Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht) 4

Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster) 7

Aoife Doyle (Railway Union RFC/Munster) 17

Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht) 18

Clara Barrett (UL Bohemian/Connacht)*

Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster) 7

Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC/Leinster) 9

Katie Whelan (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)*

Leah Tarpey (Railway Union RFC/Leinster) 2

Méabh Deely (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht) 7

Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Railway Union RFC/Leinster) 9

Nicole Fowley (Galwegians RFC/Connacht) 8

Natasja Behan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) 7

*Denotes uncapped

WXV3 Ireland Fixtures

• 13th October versus Kazakhstan 19.30 (local time) 16.30 Irish time

• 21st October versus Colombia 17.00 (local time) 14.00 Irish time

• 28th October versus Spain 17.00 (local time) 14.00 Irish time

All games will be streamed for free on World Rugby’s RugbyPass platform.