#Irish Women’s Rugby

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Aoife Dalton 6/5/2026
Aoife Dalton on Six Nations final straight: ‘These two games are so important’
Ireland get back down to business against Wales and Scotland. 

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Scott Bemand 6/5/2026
Bemand names Ireland side for visit of Wales to Belfast
Ireland conclude their 2026 Championship with back-to-back home fixtures, starting with Saturday's visit of Wales to Belfast.

Thu, 07 May, 2026

Aoife Wafer and Alan O’Connor during the warm up 25/4/2026
Alan O’Connor wants to build on Ireland's forward foundations
Alan O’Connor is Ireland forwards coach for the duration of this Championship and he would love for his stint to extend beyond this window.

Thu, 07 May, 2026

Ireland v France - Women's Six Nations Rugby Championship
Ciara Griffin: Ireland's clear emotional edge can deliver rare French opportunity
Five things to watch out for in Clermont.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026

Linda Djougang is tackled by Gaia Maris 18/4/2026
Linda Djougang's inside track on French: 'I built my core skills there'
Stint with ASM Romagnat will stand to one of Ireland's rising stars in Saturday's Six Nations clash

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026

Kate Flannery 15/4/2026
Flannery and UL Bohs have luxury of calling on previous Aviva experiences 
For UL Bohs, this is a third straight appearance at the home of Irish rugby and the Munster fly-half acknowledged her team’s comfort in their surroundings on Lansdowne Road.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026

Emily Lane 18/4/2026
Ireland team revealed ahead of tricky Women's Six Nations test in France
After a dominant display at home to Italy, Irish head to Clermont on Saturday

Thu, 23 Apr, 2026

Ireland Women Rugby Squad Training & Media Conference
Stacey Flood: 'It's such an Irish thing to shy away from being confident'
But Flood is certain that Ireland have the respect of France ahead of their Six Nations round three tie.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2026

Dorothy Wall during a maul 18/4/2026
French test the measure of how far Ireland have come
History is not on their side, having never won on French soil in 13 attempts nor beaten Les Bleues in their last nine meetings dating back to 2017.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2026

Aoife Wafer and Robyn O’Connor celebrate after the match 18/4/2026
'We can't sit still': Wafer and Ireland turn focus to French mission
The Ireland No.8 was back to her best in Galway. 

Mon, 20 Apr, 2026

Ireland Women Rugby Squad Training & Media Conference
Ciara Griffin: Green wave splashes west with a sense of something building
Last weekend’s encounter with the Red Roses offered Ireland both encouragement and a lingering frustration.

Sat, 18 Apr, 2026

England v Ireland - Women's 6 Nations Rugby Championship
McGillivray promotion the latest sign of Ireland's twin-track approach
The twin approach continues. Wins now, yes, but with one eye on the future as well.

Sat, 18 Apr, 2026

Ireland Women Rugby Squad Training & Media Conference
'Sea change' in how Irish women's rugby team handle toughest Six Nations tests
After impressing in Twickenham cauldron, Fiona Tuite is confident Ireland will give their fans plenty to cheer about in Galway on Saturday

Fri, 17 Apr, 2026

Erin King receives the ball from a lineout 11/4/2026
Six Nations: Ireland name team to face Italy in front of bumper crowd in Galway
Erin King leads the side as Leinster winger Robyn O'Connor makes her debut

Thu, 16 Apr, 2026

Beibhinn Parsons 18/3/2026
Beibhinn Parsons back on familiar ground as Ireland look for first Six Nations win
Saturday brings with it a first ever Championship game at the Dexcom Stadium when Scott Bemand’s side takes on Italy.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2026

Eve Higgins 6/4/2026
Eve Higgins: 'We've nothing to lose and everything to gain'
It is bullish confidence from a squad beaten 49-5 in the last season’s reverse fixture at Cork’s Virgin Media Park

Fri, 10 Apr, 2026

Erin King 8/4/2026
Bemand names Ireland side for Six Nations opener against Twickenham 
Captain Erin King will lead Ireland into the 2026 Championship in London.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2026

Ireland Women's Rugby Squad Training
Ireland eager to put lessons learned from defeat to use at Twickenham
As for Ireland’s overall expectations for the championship, they centred around on home clashes.

Wed, 08 Apr, 2026

Lynne Cantwell 1/7/2025
Lynne Cantwell confident AIL review will strengthen league's long-term future
The review outlined a plan to strengthen player retention through junior to senior age grades and grow the domestic game across all four provinces, while keeping the AIL at the centre of the high-performance pathway

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

France vs Italy - Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 3, 22 February 2026
'I didn't think I'd ever run again': Erin King on terrifying injury that nearly ended career
King finally returned to the field on January 3

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

Caitriona Finn 30/8/2025
All-Ireland League can ride crest of Green Wave from Ireland's Women's World Cup run
“This World Cup has probably been the most massive thing for women’s rugby,” Finn told the Irish Examiner.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Dannah O’Brien dejected after the match 14/9/2025
S Duncan Casey: A window into rich potential though Ireland may regret flogging dead horse
Very few people believed objectively that Ireland could topple this French side. This group of players had different ideas

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Pauline Bourdon Sansus celebrates turnover 14/9/2025
As it happened: Heartbreak for Ireland as France rally to reach Women's Rugby World Cup semis
The sides face off in Exeter with a place in the last-four on the line.

Sun, 14 Sep, 2025

Aoife Wafer 11/9/2025
Ireland's Aoife Wafer fit to face France in Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final
The Six Nations player of the tournament missed Ireland’s pool games due to a knee injury.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

New Zealand v Ireland - Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 - Pool C - Brighton and Hove Albion Stadium
Ireland need World Cup quarter-final win to save stuttering season
That may sound obvious. The World Cup is the be all and end all in any given year, but such is the stuttering nature of the team’s fortunes that they won’t be able to lean on much in terms of consolation from earlier efforts if they depart the tournament at this stage

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Scott Bemand speaks to Ireland players after the match 7/9/2025
'We’ve just got to be a little bit smarter' - Ireland outclassed by Black Ferns but scoreboard does them no justice
Yes, they weren’t clinical enough when they engineered their openings, but how this game ended without an Irish contribution to the scoreboard almost beggars belief.

Sun, 07 Sep, 2025

Grace Moore, Ivana Kiripati and Linda Djougang 5/9/2025
S Ciara Griffin: Defensive steel and aerial edge key in Ireland's high-stakes pool decider against New Zealand
Ireland must ensure their defensive systems off set-pieces are far tighter on Sunday than they were against Spain. Scrum defence will demand equal precision

Sat, 06 Sep, 2025

Larissa Muldoon and Molly Scuffil-McCabe 28/8/2025
The coaching conveyor belt propelling Ireland's World Cup bid
The roster of coaches at the Irish women's rugby team's disposal is filled with the kind of experience and knowledge that is vital when so much is at stake

Sat, 06 Sep, 2025

Denis Fogarty 27/8/2025
Ireland promise to go full pelt against Kiwi world champions
Scrum coach Denis Fogarty touched on the ‘Green wave’ that the squad has adopted for this tournament. If it can come across as a tad corny and forced then the principle behind it backs up the belief that Ireland will be at full throttle next time out.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025

Brittany Hogan 3/9/2025
Irish belief vs Kiwi beef: Ireland out to repeat famous win over New Zealand in Women's World Cup decider
That win fast-forwarded Ireland’s recovery and the team’s journey from a nadir of failing to make the 2022 World Cup, but the flip side this week, as the sides meet for the first time since, is that it has served to poke the bear.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025

Scott Bemand 28/8/2025
All change for Ireland but focus the same for Spain test
The Ireland head coach insists there is no danger in overlooking the more bump on the road.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Wallaroos Women's Rugby World Cup Squad Announcement
S Execution v physicality: Eagles and Wallaroos set for defining pool battle
Few coaches in the women’s game have managed to balance tactical acumen with genuine player empowerment as effectively as Australia's Jo Yapp. Under her guidance, I rediscovered the love and passion for rugby that had faded in the later stages of my career.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Aoife Wafer takes a selfie with fans from Towcestrians rugby club 28/8/2025
Ireland's Aoife Wafer on track to face world champion Black Ferns
The 2025 Six Nations player of the year has been injured since the back end of that tournament with a knee problem.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Anna McGann 28/8/2025
Ireland make seven changes for World Cup clash with Spain
Head coach Scott Bemand has shuffled the pack for Sunday's game.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Alex Codling 27/8/2025
Alex Codling ready to bring lineout mastery to Munster
This hasn’t been Codling’s first dalliance with Munster. As a player, he lined out alongside Keith Wood at Harlequins.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

Aoife Wafer 27/8/2025
Aoife Wafer unlikely to feature in Ireland’s second World Cup game against Spain
“She's working really hard, she's coming back and is very close,” said Ireland assistant coach Alex Codling.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

Eve Higgins makes a break on her way to scoring her sides fifth try of the match 24/8/2025
Ireland hit Japan for six in Rugby World Cup opener
Ireland are just 80 minutes away from a guaranteed quarter-final place. 

Sun, 24 Aug, 2025

Ireland v Japan - Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 Pool C
As it happened: Ireland open Women's Rugby World Cup campaign with bonus point win over Japan
The Irish scored six tries against the Japanese in Northampton on Sunday afternoon.

Sun, 24 Aug, 2025

Ireland v Wales - Women's Six Nations Rugby Championship
Ireland squad send show of support to teammate Shannon Ikahihifo after cancer diagnosis
Shannon Ikahihifo has won three caps and had been a member of the wider Ireland squad that started pre-season back in early June.

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Aoibheann Reilly 19/8/2025
Aoibheann Reilly gets the nod at scrum-half for Ireland's World Cup opener
Ireland face Japan at Franklin's Gardens on Sunday. 

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Nancy McGillivray, Eimear Corri and Dannah O’Brien 20/8/2025
Eimear Corri-Fallon soaking up World Cup role after finding peace on the journey
Corri-Fallon showed incredible maturity and presence of mind through her rugby journey.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

Brian O'Driscoll urges Ireland women to make the most of World Cup opportunity
Brian O'Driscoll urges Ireland women to make the most of World Cup opportunity
O’Driscoll’s advice is for the 32 players to enjoy it, and to make sure that they see it not as a stress but as the opportunity of a lifetime.

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025

Brazil Portraits - Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Cool Ruckings: Brazil aim to make waves at their first Women’s Rugby World Cup
Tournament debutants will make history as the first South American team to qualify, just 17 years after their first match

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025

Gareth Steenson 6/8/2025
Gareth Steenson has eyes only for World Cup role with Ireland
“My future is I’m going to the World Cup so post-that it will be a matter of seeing where we are really,” said Steenson.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

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