Ireland Women’s Team to Play New Zealand in the Second Test of the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup.
For immediate release: Monday 4 August 2014
Issue on behalf of Irish Rugby Football Union
The Ireland Women’s team to play their New Zealand counterparts in the second round of the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup has been named.
There is just one change to the first XV that overcame USA, 23-17 in their opening game of the tournament. Paula Fitzpatrick starts at blindside, with Siobhan Fleming named in the replacements.
Scrum-half, Tania Rosser will receive the honour of getting her 50th Cap for Ireland as she lines out against her native country.
Speaking ahead of the test, Coach Philip Doyle said ‘We have prepared for a tough test, we are focusing on how we are going to play our game and we have to play as well as we can’
This game will be televised live on TG4 and on Sky Sports.
Ireland Women’s Team (to play New Zealand, IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup, Marcoussis, Paris – Tuesday 5th August, 18.00 local, 17.00 Irl)
15. Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemians/Munster)
14. Ashleigh Baxter (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13. Lynne Cantwell (Richmond RFC/Exile)
12. Grace Davitt (Cooke/Ulster)
11. Alison Miller (Portlaoise/Connacht)
10. Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
9. Tania Rosser (Blackrock/Leinster)
1. Fiona Coghlan (UL Bohemians/Leinster)
2. Gillian Bourke (UL Bohemians/Munster)
3. Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
4. Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
5. Marie Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
6. Paula Fitzpatrick (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
7. Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht)
8. Heather O’Brien (Highfield RFC/Munster)
16. Sharon Lynch (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
17. Fiona Hayes (UL Bohemians/Munster)
18. Laura Guest (Highfield/Munster)
19. Siobhan Fleming (Tralee/Munster)
20. Larissa Muldoon (Bristol/Exile)
21. Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
22. Vicky McGinn (Blackrock/Leinster)