Catch Up On This Week’s Guinness Women’s Six Nations With Stella Mills

The first weekend of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations fixtures did not disappoint. A word must first go out to Ireland, on the face of it the girls in green stepped away from France with a loss. However, it’s worth noting the gap in score lines is closing, which marks progress for the side. The squad, like many others in …

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Inside Ireland camp: Dorothy Wall talks Scott Bemand’s game-changing ‘buddy system’

With 23 Ireland caps, Clonmel’s Dorothy Wall has already borne witness to three head coaches during her time in the green jersey, and so is well familiar with the reality that with each new era comes a new culture, thought process and game plan. The latest person in the hot-seat is former Red Roses coach Scott Bemand, who replaced Greg …

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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 Squad Named For Guinness Women’s Six Nations

Source of material – www.irishrugby.ie Head Coach Scott Bemand has today named a 35-player Ireland squad for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, as preparations get underway for the 2024 campaign opener away to France on Saturday, 23 March. Following the successful WXV3 Tournament in Dubai and the current Celtic Challenge series, Bemand and the Ireland coaching team have confirmed their …

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Joy Neville is first woman to officiate a Men’s Rugby World Cup game

Another milestone for women working in men’s sport was reached today (Sept. 9) as former Irish Rugby International Joy Neville became the first woman to officiate at a Men’s Rugby World Cup game. The former captain for the women’s team served as TMO (Television Match Official) during Italy’s 52-8 win over Namibia in Pool A. In the group stage she …

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