Scotland v Ireland – Six Nations – Round Five DAM Health Stadium, Edinburgh Another desperately important game for both sides. If the Scots could beat the Irish at home, they would qualify for Tier 2 of the WXV next autumn. But they hadn’t achieved back- to-back wins in the 6N for seventeen years. For Ireland, could
Round Four, Six Nations – Ireland v England Musgrave Park, Cork Result: Ireland 0 England 48 Player of the Match: Sarah Beckett That scoreline doesn’t look positive for the Irish, but, remember, some pundits were forecasting a first-ever century in a Six Nations game. The Red Roses, for all their superiority, didn’t get halfway. The
Six Nations – Round Three Parma This was the result I expected, but not the manner of it. Ireland really got stuck in; it took two electric tries from Alyssa D’Inca to see the Azzurre home. In the regrettable absence of skipper Elisa Giordano, Giovanni Raineri gave Sofia Stefan the armband (her first appointment on
Ireland v France Musgrave Park, Cork Result: Ireland 3 France 53 Player of the Match: Pauline Bourdon In the 20th minute a red card was shown – to France. Those two conflicting facts (result and card) show us the yawning gaps that lie between the six competing nations, with Ireland suffering most direly of all
Wales v Ireland – Round One Cardiff Arms Park Answers came aplenty to pre-tournament doubts. Wales thumped Ireland to give them real hopes for the future. Another record crowd watched proceedings. There was a lovely moment pre-match when the very young mascot charged with helping Hannah Jones on to the field got cold feet but
Wales, Ireland and Scotland The three Celtic lands share much in common, not least a sense of having to catch up after years of neglect by their respective unions. All have been through a slough of despond for too long. The boards have finally seen the light and attempted to correct faults. Contracts are in
Here are the 32 names: Forwards Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*, Sadhbh McGrath (Cooke/Ulster)*, Kathryn Buggy (Gloucester-Hartbury/IQ Rugby)*, Christy Haney (Blackrock College/Leinster), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartbury/Ulster), Clara Nielson (Exeter Chiefs/IQ Rugby)*, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (Old Belvedere/Munster), Nichola Fryday (Exeter Chiefs/ Connacht), captain), Sam Monaghan (Gloucester-Hartbury/IQ Rugby), Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere/ Ulster)*, Hannah
A sparkling innings from Smriti Mandhana helped India seal an ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 semi-final spot with a rain-affected five-run victory over Ireland. Mandhana cashed in on being afforded several lives by Irish fielders to strike a career-best T20I score of 87 from 56 deliveries as India posted 155 for six in Gqeberha,
Ireland v England – T20 World Cup, Boland How wise is it for the first pre-match stat to read: Win probability Ireland 4%, England 96%? Maybe that’s the charm of the game, you never can tell. Before the game news broke that two of England stand-outs, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Ecclestone had been sold for 6-figure
Ireland captain Laura Delany: I firmly believe that this is the first ICC Women’s T20 World Cup tournament where we have numerous players who have established themselves in the women’s cricket landscape. Gaby Lewis played in The Hundred for the second year in a row, she has 113 caps and is still only 21, and
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