The Irish Women's rugby team have appointed former Ireland prop Mike Ross as scrum coach for the forthcoming Women's Six Nations.

Women's sport needs to capitalise from the emergence of "role models" in the Irish Women's Rugby team, according to attendees at the Women in Sport conference at Croke Park this morning.

Sports stars, politicians, pundits and broadcasters joined forces to wish the Irish women's rugby team good luck in the World Cup.

The Irish women's rugby team received a rapturous welcome at Dublin airport this afternoon when they arrived home with their first ever Six Nations trophy.

IN the unequal world of old-boys’ sport, looks can’t curry favour.