Womens' rugby Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

The Lost Sheep · 11-02-2020 6:42pm

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2020/02/11/irfu-launches-livewire-women-in-rugby-conference/

Bridge93 · 23-02-2020 2:13pm

Women working so hard and retaining possession well but just out of their depth. England have had the ball twice and scored twice. Professional side playing amateurs every week Is just a waste of time.

prawnsambo · 23-02-2020 2:17pm

Irish players getting caught not working on the ground to stop the jackal after being tackled.

jk23 · 23-02-2020 2:20pm

Are Ireland semi pro or amateur? Either way it's no contest and not very fair but it's where women's rugby is at the moment....

Bridge93 · 23-02-2020 2:20pm

Being blown away sadly. Physically can’t cope. Could be a savage beating on the cards

Bridge93 · 23-02-2020 2:22pm

jk23 wrote: »

Are Ireland semi pro or amateur? Either way it's no contest and not very fair but it's where women's rugby is at the moment....

The comparable sport I can think of is women’s cricket. About 5/6 pro sides there but the difference is they largely play each other with occasional games against the likes of Ireland outside world cups. England rugby playing amateur sides constantly is just a waste of everyone’s time

jk23 · 23-02-2020 2:27pm

It really diminishes the achievement even for England if they win the grand slam when you are playing only one team that they have already beaten who could actually compete with them....

Bridge93 · 23-02-2020 2:41pm

France 43-0 winners in wales

DellyBelly · 23-02-2020 2:50pm

God love the ladies. They are trying their best. England just too good.

Strumms · 23-02-2020 3:04pm

England the better side that’s clear, but it’s frustrating to see how poor the refereeing has been. Seems to be very quick to blow to penalize the Irish yet she’s missed a couple of very obvious knock ons by England and a couple of other offenses.

Itssoeasy · 23-02-2020 3:34pm

Hopefully she’s okay and the stretcher and that is just precautionary.

razorblunt · 23-02-2020 3:38pm

Fair effort from the ladies but that difference is just too much entirely. Not that it will be recognised by the English media

The Lost Sheep · 10-08-2020 7:49pm

Rugby Europe confirmed that the world cup qualifiers will be played as a single round-robin tournament on the weekends of 5, 12 and 19 December 2020
Ireland will be joined by Scotland and Italy at the tournament, along with the winner of the Women’s Rugby Europe Championship 2020, which is due to be completed in October (Spain, Russia and Netherlands are among the teams in action there.)

The winner of the Rugby World Cup 2021 European Qualifiers will qualify for New Zealand 2021 and the runner-up will progress to the final qualification tournament, which will be organised by World Rugby next year.

The Lost Sheep · 12-08-2020 3:05pm

The Ireland Women’s Squad for the rescheduled Women’s Six Nations games against Italy and France has been named.

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2020/08/12/ireland-squad-named-for-rescheduled-womens-six-nations-2020/

The Lost Sheep · 14-08-2020 2:04pm

AIL structure

Energia Women’s Community Series Teams:

Connacht Conference: TBC

Leinster Conference: Blackrock College, Old Belvedere, Railway Union, Suttonians, Wicklow.

Munster Conference 1: Ballincollig, Kerry, Shannon/LIT, UL Bohemian.

Munster Conference 2: Ennis, Kilrush, Skibbereen, Thurles.

Ulster Conference: Cavan, City of Derry, Cooke, Malone, Queen’s University.

Energia Women’s All-Ireland League Teams: Ballincollig*, Blackrock College, Cooke, Galwegians, Malone, Old Belvedere, Railway Union, Suttonians, UL Bohemian, Wicklow*.

Connacht conference not confirmed but imagine Wegians, NUIG, Westport and Boys Club who announced theyre setting up a womens team

connemara man · 14-08-2020 2:15pm

Buccaneers aswell

The Lost Sheep · 27-08-2020 12:56pm

Connacht teams for community series confirmed
Division 1: Galwegians, NUIG, Westport
Division 2: Galwegians 2nds, Ballina, Buccaneers, Boys Club

The Lost Sheep · 18-09-2020 9:40pm

Rest of the provincial leagues now organised, fixtures all on provincial websites.
Leinster
Division 1
Railway Union 2s, Port Dara Falcons, DCU, Barnhall, Tullow, Tullamore, Edenderry, CYM

Division 2
Blackrock 2s, Trinity, Gorey, Rathdrum, Belvo 2s, Clontarf, Mullingar, Balbriggan

Division 3
Longford, Portlaoise, Greystones, New Ross, Garda/Westmanstown, Clondalkin, Naas, Arklow

Division 4
CYM 2s, Wanderers, North Meath-Swords, Barnhall 2s, Wicklow 2s, Suttonians 2s, Enniscorthy, Athy

Division 5
DLSP, Navan, Wexford Wanderers, Tallaght, Kilkenny

Ulster
Premiership
Cavan, Queens, Dungannon, Omagh, Derry, Belfast Harlequins
Conference
Ballyshannon, Lurgan, Queens 2s, Cooke 2s, Belfast Harlequins 2s

sydthebeat · 18-09-2020 10:10pm

Fantastic to see the falcons in div 1.

Have they gone 4 divisons in 4 years?

The Lost Sheep · 18-09-2020 10:16pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

Fantastic to see the falcons in div 1.

Have they gone 4 divisons in 4 years?

Think they did. Great to see such depth in Leinster. Munster and Ulster really poor in comparison.
While Bohs are standard bearers of club game. Its such a shame rest of province isnt near as strong..

The Lost Sheep · 02-10-2020 1:14pm

Looks like Munster are trying to get another county side to compete in league next season following on from the Kerry side playing this year

Last night as four clubs in Tipperary committed to an amalgamated adult team to compete in the provincial league and cup in the New Year.

Thurles, Nenagh, Carrick-on-Suir and Ballina-Killaloe reached agreement yesterday to pool their resources at adult level
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/arid-40058225.html?fbclid=IwAR1VcJGwUffgRVYQiximKE6kAWJ5i1zTElQkR5OhChtNhgd3f8eAsyMd2ec#.X3bwZCVnUn4.facebook

The Lost Sheep · 20-10-2020 12:50pm

Rugby Europe has suspended all games under its remit until the end of November and as winner of rugby europe championship was to join Ireland, Scotland and Italy in the world cup qualifiers these games may not now go ahead

And world rugby have confirmed world cup qualification process
World Rugby, and hosts New Zealand Rugby (NZR), have today announced the Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw will take place in Auckland on Friday, 20 November, 2020.

SkyCity Theatre in the heart of Auckland’s central business district will be the location for the draw which will be streamed live for rugby fans worldwide via World Rugby’s digital channels.

Hosted in the southern hemisphere for the first time in a golden year for women’s rugby, the ninth edition of the showcase tournament will take place from 18 September-16 October 2021 across three match venues. It will be contested by 12 teams, of which nine are already confirmed.

Seven teams qualified directly for RWC 2021 courtesy of a top-seven finish at the last tournament in Ireland in 2017, defending champions New Zealand, runners-up England, bronze medallists France, USA, Canada, Australia and Wales.

Fiji and South Africa confirmed their places through the regional qualification process back in 2019, via the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup and Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship.

The remaining three places will be filled by a qualifier from Asia and Europe together with the winner of the Final Qualification Tournament, a first for a women’s Rugby World Cup, offering a second opportunity for teams to qualify.
https://www.world.rugby/news/593549/date-set-for-rugby-world-cup-2021-draw?fbclid=IwAR0Ygy24UHZ60iQW3aNEDQ1rcwS3btjlqDtiIfXUk76vm4kUQC1RztZstck
https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/qualifiers

sydthebeat · 23-10-2020 1:52pm

teams released v italy:

15. Lauren Delany (Sale Sharks/ IQ Rugby) 11 caps
14. Laura Sheehan (UL Bohemian/ Munster) 3 caps
13. Enya Breen (UL Bohemian/ Munster) 7 caps
12. Sene Naoupu (Old Belvedere/ Leinster) 37 caps
11. Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College/ Connacht) 7 caps
10. Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/ Leinster) 16 caps
9. Kathryn Dane (Old Belvedere/ Ulster) 9 Caps

1. Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/ Leinster) 30 caps
2. Cliodhna Moloney (Wasps/ IQ Rugby) 22 caps
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/ Leinster) 8 caps
4. Nichola Fryday (Blackrock College/ Connacht) 14 caps
5. Ciara Cooney (Wasps / IQ Rugby) 21 caps
6. Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College/ Munster) 3 caps
7. Claire Molloy (Wasps / IQ Rugby) 69 caps
8. Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemian/ Munster) (capt) 32 caps

16. Neve Jones (Malone/ Ulster)*
17. Katie O’Dwyer (Railway Union/ Leinster)*
18. Leah Lyons (Harlequins/ IQ Rugby) 24 caps
19. Brittany Hogan (DCU/Old Belvedere/ Ulster)*
20. Hannah O’Connor (Blackrock College/ Leinster) 1 cap
21. Ailsa Hughes (Railway Union/ Leinster) 11 caps
22. Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union/ Leinster) 47 caps
23. Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College/ Leinster) 13 caps

can anyone with better knowledge of women's rugby explain to me why we have such problems in the out half position?

i just checked the womens squad on the IRFU site and we only have Claire Keohnane listed as a out half.
Ive gone through all the women with blanked positions, and none are out halves.

Obviously Hannah Tyrrell is more of a winger, yet shes starting at 10 tomorrow.

as a nation where a lot of the girls have a gaelic footballing background, its quite strange that we've had such a problem at 10.
The last real fixed 10 we've had was nora stapleton who finished 3 years ago.

Keohane started against wales and england, but murphy, a scrum half, played there against scotland.

have we a injury problem of crisis proportions here??

Eod100 · 23-10-2020 7:18pm

Classy stuff from France!

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2020/10/23/france-women-xvs-to-play-final-game-in-dublin-in-act-of-rugby-solidarity/

The Lost Sheep · 23-10-2020 7:59pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

can anyone with better knowledge of women's rugby explain to me why we have such problems in the out half position?

i just checked the womens squad on the IRFU site and we only have Claire Keohnane listed as a out half.
Ive gone through all the women with blanked positions, and none are out halves.

Obviously Hannah Tyrrell is more of a winger, yet shes starting at 10 tomorrow.

as a nation where a lot of the girls have a gaelic footballing background, its quite strange that we've had such a problem at 10.
The last real fixed 10 we've had was nora stapleton who finished 3 years ago.

Keohane started against wales and england, but murphy, a scrum half, played there against scotland.

have we a injury problem of crisis proportions here??

Not sure why. No injury crisis from what im aware of. You see it at club level as well.

The Lost Sheep · 24-10-2020 8:31pm

21-7 win. Came from behind to win.
Load of errors but good win

The Lost Sheep · 28-10-2020 9:28pm

Game against France is off due to covid outbreak in the French squad so 2 points apiece

RuckingSwimmer · 29-10-2020 10:04am

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Game against France is off due to covid outbreak in the French squad so 2 points apiece

I thought they were looking to reschedule it at a later date rather than sharing the points? (That's what RTE are reporting anyway)

England can't be caught at the top of the table, and there's no prize money (which is absolutely ridiculous when there's £16million for the men's but that's another story!) so it could be rescheduled; pending the availability of the teams that is!

nigeldaniel · 29-10-2020 10:19am

With Christmas around the corner, I half imagine they will settle for 2 points apiece. Question though, is that 2nd or 3rd on the table?

The Lost Sheep · 29-10-2020 12:10pm

RuckingSwimmer wrote: »

I thought they were looking to reschedule it at a later date rather than sharing the points? (That's what RTE are reporting anyway)

England can't be caught at the top of the table, and there's no prize money (which is absolutely ridiculous when there's £16million for the men's but that's another story!) so it could be rescheduled; pending the availability of the teams that is!

I thought they were originally but its off now. No prize money is a pity but relatively poor ticket income, not much tv money means prize money wouldnt be high for now anyway.

nigeldaniel wrote: »

With Christmas around the corner, I half imagine they will settle for 2 points apiece. Question though, is that 2nd or 3rd on the table?

3rd as we were third with france second before game called off.

Eod100 · 29-10-2020 4:44pm

Has that been confirmed by 6N? Nothing on their site or social media and still have fixture down as site.

Eod100 · 29-10-2020 9:23pm

Eod100 wrote: »

Has that been confirmed by 6N? Nothing on their site or social media and still have fixture down as site.

Confirmed now alright. Wales v Scotland off too.https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2020/10/29/announcement-two-womens-six-nations-matches-postponed/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

The Lost Sheep · 10-11-2020 3:46pm

Ireland’s World Cup European Qualifying competition – originally scheduled for next month – has been postponed.

It is hoped that the Qualifier will instead take place at some point in early 2021 but there has been no confirmation of new dates at this stage.

As the world cup is due to be played next September i wonder when these games will be played.

The Lost Sheep · 17-11-2020 6:02pm

Good article on number of teams and clubs fielding sides in connacht

With 60 teams from 21 out of the 26 affiliated clubs in the region, from youth and minis up to adult
https://www.connachtrugby.ie/womens-rugby-thriving-in-connacht/?fbclid=IwAR2BCZf9KavNt8gah5A-TYgqzLXn6SMrL3qwU2WZteGV87CehCAiJehnKgQ

The Lost Sheep · 19-11-2020 8:42pm

World Cup draw has been made.
Pool A
New Zealand, Australia, Wales, Final Qualification qualifier
Pool B
Canada, USA, Europe 1, Asia 1
Pool c
England, France, South Africa, Fiji

feargale · 19-11-2020 9:49pm

Did Argentina not compete in the women's world cup qualifiers, and if not why not? It seems odd that Colombia are still in but not Argentina.

The Lost Sheep · 19-11-2020 9:52pm

feargale wrote: »

Did Argentina not compete in the women's world cup qualifiers, and if not why not? It seems odd that Colombia are still in but not Argentina.

Argentinian womens rugby is very poor at least at 15s. Far more of a focus on 7s at international level.

27-11-2020 12:37pm

The Lost Sheep · 30-11-2020 2:35pm

The women's Rugby World Cup will expand from 12 to 16 teams from 2025

Great to see that.

The Lost Sheep · 30-11-2020 7:25pm

Whenever these european qualifiers are played. we know if we dont qualify through them that we will play Kenya or Colombia, Samoa and 2nd in Asia in the repechage tournament.

The Lost Sheep · 10-12-2020 12:42am

Sophie Spence has joined the Wales women’s team as their Rugby World Cup 2021 coach intern.

Should Ireland qualify they may get chance to have their own intern in place.

World Rugby want more female coaches in the sport and want minimum of 40 per cent of coaches in the 2025 world cup to be women.

Burkie1203 · 10-01-2021 9:58pm

Women's 6n postponed to April by looks of it

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/55612521

Lost Ormond · 12-01-2021 10:18pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Women's 6n postponed to April by looks of it

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/55612521

No surprise by that considering so many players are amateur.

World Cup qualifiers Ireland have to play almost certainly now will be double headers with the 6 nations games
If they cant be played by April who knows what will happen considering world cup is due to start September 18th

Lost Ormond · 14-01-2021 2:41pm

Good over view of the national teams record in the last 10 years from front row union

https://www.thefrontrowunion.com/2021/01/ireland-women-who-did-what-since-2010/

Lost Ormond · 27-01-2021 4:45pm

Womens 6 nations to move to later in year and stay there permanently

https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/womens-rugby-world-cup/womens-six-nations-set-for-later-window-in-the-spring-and-may-move-there-permanently-says-ceo-morel-40018753.html

Lost Ormond · 03-02-2021 3:56pm

Fixtures for condensed format of 6 Nations announced today

3/4 April
England v Scotland
France v Wales
10/11 April
Italy v England
Wales v Ireland
17/18 April
Scotland v Italy
Ireland v France
24/25 April
Winner A v Winner B
2nd A v 2nd B
3rd A v 3rd B

Lost Ormond · 18-02-2021 1:26pm

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/now-is-the-time-to-sow-the-seeds-for-women-s-rugby-in-ireland-1.4486654

sydthebeat · 18-02-2021 2:48pm

I see Lynn cantwell has become springbok women's high performance coach.

Great for her

Lost Ormond · 18-02-2021 3:02pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

I see Lynn cantwell has become springbok women's high performance coach.

Great for her

Delighted for her. She's been quite involved in London Irish womens rugby since they started up few years ago and done work with exiles as well.
She will do a lot to change up the Saffers and actually build them up to be competitive which they are very far from being now

KBurke85 · 18-02-2021 4:17pm

Lost Ormond wrote: »

Delighted for her. She's been quite involved in London Irish womens rugby since they started up few years ago and done work with exiles as well.
She will do a lot to change up the Saffers and actually build them up to be competitive which they are very far from being now

Fair play best of luck to her. Ironically Irish Rugby could do with someone like her in a similar position

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