World Cup ambitions key for Ireland women

It is not long now until Adam Griggs’ Ireland women’s side opens up their calendar with the visit of Scotland to Donnybrook but the Six Nations has, for once, been relegated down the list of priorities.

The team’s eight-placed finish at the 2017 World Cup has left them facing a qualification group for the 2021 edition next September. Scotland, Italy and, probably, Spain will join them.