Womens' rugby Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

AbusesToilets · 11-04-2026 03:58PM

He says as they score from the maul lol

AbusesToilets · 11-04-2026 04:00PM

sloppy sloppy sloppy. Missing a simple clearance kick to touch gets immediately punished by Kildunne

AbusesToilets · 11-04-2026 04:08PM

good reward for our pressure. The scrum has been a pleasant surprise today, we've gotten good change from it

Lost Ormond · 11-04-2026 07:31PM

Blackrock beat Railway 18-10 to join boha in final

sydthebeat · 16-04-2026 02:57PM

Team named to face italy in Dexcom stadium, saturday 5:40pm

Ireland:

15. Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)(25)
14. Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)(32)
13. Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(29)
12. Nancy McGillivray (Exeter Chiefs/IQ Rugby)(4)
11. Robyn O’Connor (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)*
10. Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(31)
9. Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)(21)

1. Ellena Perry (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby)(5)
2. Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs)(50)
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(53)
4. Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(13)
5. Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(21)
6. Brittany Hogan (Sale Sharks)(39)
7. Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(8)(captain)
8. Aoife Wafer (Harlequins)(17)

Replacements:

16. Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury)(42)
17. Niamh O’Dowd (Gloucester-Hartpury)(21)
18. Sadhbh McGrath (Cooke RFC/Ulster)(19)
19. Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs)(38)
20. Sam Monaghan (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby)(27)
21. Katie Whelan (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(1)
22. Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)(33)
23. Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC/Connacht)(15).

Lost Ormond · 18-04-2026 03:45PM

Small ish crowd here in sportsground for game 1. Shame more havent come in for it.

Lost Ormond · 18-04-2026 07:10PM

Anyone watching womens game?

flazio · 19-04-2026 10:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124404896#Comment_124404896

It picked up for the seniors. 9206, over three quarters Dexcoms capacity.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand · 19-04-2026 10:40AM

rte trying their best to hype up the game, very small ctowd but the main event on rte radio to detriment of the gaa matches

AMKC · 19-04-2026 11:01AM

It was a good game. The girls played well. Much more exciting than the dull soccer game. Poor Italy did not have a hope.

flazio · 19-04-2026 12:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124406434#Comment_124406434

RTÉ did feck all, it was Virgin Media that did the heavy lifting including putting the game on VM1. 9,206 is a record attendance so I don't know where you're getting "very small crowd" from. That's more than what Virgin Media Park in Cork can hold.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand · 20-04-2026 01:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124406696#Comment_124406696

it’s a small crowd relative to gaa crowds, as a sport women’s rugby gets coverage on rte way above its national popularity, and lm not being sexist, it’s a fact

flazio · 20-04-2026 02:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124409491#Comment_124409491

GAA crowds are irrelevant to Women's Rugby crowds, there's no licence fee allocation war going on.

Lost Ormond · 20-04-2026 07:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124406434#Comment_124406434

It was a big game and it wasnt to detriment to any other games

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124409491#Comment_124409491

It was a very good crowd full stop especially a first international in Galway in some time. It isnt a fact and if this is the kind of posts you continue with in this thread then please dont post them.

AMKC · 25-04-2026 09:31PM

France the much better team tonight. I think France will win this. Them mistakes we made in the first half could cost us.

randomname2005 · 25-04-2026 10:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124422077#Comment_124422077

Yeah, too many mistakes. Dana is generally good but two over cooked kicks to the corner is poor.

I thought the last French try should have been called back. It looks like the try scorer was on their knee when they picked up the ball, which they can't do because you can't play the ball on the ground. Then they dived over the ruck, something that Jansen was penalised for a few weeks back playing for Connacht.

Wasn't going to change the outcome but would have been a more fair reflection of the game

Water John · 26-04-2026 06:56PM

In most sports, once you cross the whitewash you've scored. Being held up over the line has too high a reward in rugby, possibly seven points. Held up over the line should be rewarding for the attacking team, say two points, followed by a goal line drop out.

Lost Ormond · 26-04-2026 07:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124423741#Comment_124423741

that would be terrible. no way should a team held up get any points. the whole idea of rugby is to touch the ball down in goal. just getting there should not get points.

AbusesToilets · 26-04-2026 11:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124423741#Comment_124423741

I'm torn when it comes to situations like the hold up in the match. On the one hand, it was an incredible bit of skill, but on the other, I don't think defenders should be allowed to knee slide into an attacking player on the deck. I generally think defending teams get away with more illegal holding on in proximity to the line than they should. There's many times a carrier is tackled short of the line and there's a general pile up, where the ref can't really see anything and assumes the ball is held up.

Water John · 27-04-2026 09:29PM

I think in a good few situations the ball in the melee has actually gone over the try line but because the attacking team can't touch it down it's recycled backwards.

Caranica · 28-04-2026 09:15PM

The WAIL final was an absolute cracker, UL Bohs beat Blackrock at the death. Great atmosphere despite the small crowd

kita99 · 02-05-2026 05:06PM

Historic Victory against England. 41 - 40. Well done young green waves.

Lost Ormond · 10-05-2026 05:19PM

33-12 win for seniors against Wales and play scotland in aviva next weekend so hopefully big crowd as win seals 3rd

u21s won as well to finish their 6 nations with 3 wins from 3 finishing joint top with French though France were clear best side

Lost Ormond · 14-05-2026 11:39PM

Anyone going to aviva sunday. team named tomorrow

Water John · 15-05-2026 07:57PM

Car load going here. Monaghan the only change. A fairly settled team at this point, which is good.

AMKC · 17-05-2026 02:31PM

Come on Ireland. Here is hoping the girls win on this Histpric day for Irish Womens Rugby

AMKC · 17-05-2026 02:36PM

A great start by the girls anyway :) .

AMKC · 17-05-2026 02:51PM

Poor Scotland have'nt a hope. No fight in them at all.

sydthebeat · 17-05-2026 04:56PM

One sided all the way.

All in all a pretty satisfying tournament from the girls.

Hopefully next year we're looking at challenging France for that top 2 spot

sydthebeat · 17-05-2026 04:59PM

France just scored a worldie of a try in their game against England.

France 7-0

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