Two Irish Players Make the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Team of the Championship, who?

Ireland’s Neve Jones and Aoife Wafer have been named in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations Team of the Championship announced today by Six Nations Rugby. Wafer, who picked up two Player of the Round awards as well as a Player of the Match against Wales, was shortlisted for the Player of the Championship but lost out to England’s Ellie Kildunne. …

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IRELAND 15 SCOTLAND 12: Ireland secure 3rd place and qualify for World Cup

IRELAND WOMEN 15 SCOTLAND WOMEN 12, Kingspan Stadium Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Katie Corrigan, Clíodhna Moloney; Con: Dannah O’Brien; Pen: Dannah O’Brien Scotland: Tries: Elis Martin, Lisa Thomson; Con: Helen Nelson HT: Ireland 0 Scotland 5 Dannah O’Brien’s 73rd-minute penalty delivered Ireland’s highest Six Nations finish in three years and Rugby World Cup qualification, as they edged out Scotland 15-12 in …

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Merciless England defeat Ireland 88-10 in Round 4 of Six Nations

ENGLAND WOMEN 88 IRELAND WOMEN 10, Twickenham Stadium Scorers: England: Tries: Abby Dow 3, Natasha Hunt, Megan Jones 2, Zoe Aldcroft, Ellie Kildunne 3, Jess Breach 2, Sadiya Kabeya, Maddie Feaunati; Cons: Holly Aitchison 9 Ireland: Try: Penalty try; Con: Pen try con; Pen: Dannah O’Brien HT: England 38 Ireland 3 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam hunters England showed …

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Ireland stun Wales in 36-5 Six Nations win

IRELAND WOMEN 36 WALES WOMEN 5, Virgin Media Park Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Aoife Wafer, Eve Higgins, Neve Jones, Katie Corrigan, Béibhinn Parsons; Cons: Dannah O’Brien 4; Pen: Dannah O’Brien Wales: Try: Gwennan Hopkins HT: Ireland 21 Wales 0 The Ireland Women’s team put together their most complete performance in recent seasons, outscoring Wales by five tries to one in a …

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Ireland fall short in 27-21 Six Nations defeat to Italy

IRELAND WOMEN 21 ITALY WOMEN 27, RDS Arena Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Penalty try, Neve Jones, Katie Corrigan; Cons: Pen try con, Dannah O’Brien 2 Italy: Tries: Vittoria Vecchini 2, Valeria Fedrighi, Aura Muzzo; Cons: Beatrice Rigoni 2; Pen: Beatrice Rigoni HT: Ireland 7 Italy 15 Katie Corrigan’s first international try set up a grandstand finish, but Ireland (sponsored by Aon) …

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Six Nations: France defeat much-improved Ireland 38-17

FRANCE WOMEN 38 IRELAND WOMEN 17, Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans Scorers: France: Tries: Pauline Bourdon Sansus, Marine Menager, Madoussou Fall, Agathe Sochat, Elisa Riffonneau; Cons: Lina Queyroi 4, Morgane Bourgeois; Pen: Lina Queyroi Ireland: Tries: Aoife Wafer, Aoife Dalton; Cons: Dannah O’Brien 2; Pen: Nicole Fowley HT: France 17 Ireland 3 The Ireland Women lifted their game in a number …

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Ireland come from behind to defeat Spain 15-13, win inaugural WXV3 title

IRELAND 15 SPAIN 13, The Sevens Stadium 2 Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Grace Moore, Neve Jones; Con: Dannah O’Brien; Pen: Dannah O’Brien Spain: Try: Claudia Peña Hidalgo; Con: Amalia Argudo; Pens: Amalia Argudo 2 HT: Ireland 3 Spain 13 The Ireland Women recovered from a 10-point deficit and two yellow cards to edge out Spain 15-13 and claim the inaugural WXV3 …

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WXV3: Beibhinn Parsons and Neve Jones star as Ireland defeats Colombia 64-3

IRELAND 64 COLOMBIA 3, The Sevens Stadium 2, Dubai Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Neve Jones 2, Natasja Behan, Grace Moore, Méabh Deely, Brittany Hogan, Edel McMahon, Béibhinn Parsons 2, Leahy Tarpey; Cons: Dannah O’Brien 5, Méabh Deely 2 Colombia: Pen: Maria I. Arzuaga HT: Ireland 38 Colombia 0 Mastercard player-of-the-match Neve Jones and Béibhinn Parsons scored two tries each as the …

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Neve Jones Named Bank Of Ireland’s Women’s XVs Players’ Player Of The Year 2023

The 2023 Rugby Players Ireland Awards took place in Dublin on Wednesday night where Neve Jones was awarded the Bank of Ireland’s Women’s XVs Players’ Player of the Year 2023. Ireland hooker Jones topped the vote by members of the Ireland squad, who accepted the trophy on her behalf at Dublin’s Clayton Burlington hotel. Jones edged out fellow forwards Deirbhile …

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McWilliams Names Ireland Team For Second Test Against Japan

Head Coach Greg McWilliams has named his Ireland team, sponsored by Aon, for Saturday’s second Test against Japan at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo (kick-off 7pm local time/11am Irish time, live on TG4). Six uncapped players impressed during last weekend’s memorable first Test win in Shizuoka, and with a number of players unavailable this week through injury, McWilliams and the Ireland coaching …

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