Irish veteran Tania Rosser insists Ireland must move on from the disappointment of Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final loss ahead of tomorrow’s third-place play-off.

Ireland 7 England 40

Ireland Women's rugby coach Philip Doyle has named the same side that overcame New Zealand for their Women's Rugby World Cup semi-final against England tomorrow.

Ireland 40 Kazakhstan 5

Ireland Women 40 Kazakhstan Women 5

Full-back Niamh Briggs has applauded the Irish support in France and at home, and hopes Ireland’s Rugby World Cup adventure continues to gain momentum.

New Zealand 14 Ireland 17

The Irish Women's team have beaten the four-time World Champions New Zealand by 17 points to 14 in their World Cup clash in Paris this evening.

Tania Rosser will win her 50th international cap against her native New Zealand when Ireland face the World Cup champions in Paris this afternoon.

The Ireland Women's team to play New Zealand in the second round of the IRB Women's Rugby World Cup has been named.

Niamh Briggs accumulated 18 points as Ireland outfought and outfoxed a physical USA team to begin the Women's Rugby World Cup in winning style.

Meet the women representing Ireland at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in France, with the first match at 4pm this evening.

IRB WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP POOL B:

IRELAND women’s captain Fiona Coghlan put on a brave face yesterday, after her side missed out on making the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time on points difference.

IRELAND women’s coach Philip Doyle has made two changes from the side which defeated USA (22-12) for this afternoon’s World Cup Pool B clash with Kazakhstan, (Surrey Sports Park, 4.30pm).

Women's Rugby World Cup - Pool b

Ireland women’s coach Philip Doyle will trust the same 15 that lost out to England for the second match of the Rugby World Cup against the USA on Tuesday.

IRELAND’S hopes of causing an upset in the Women’s World Cup evaporated in Surrey last night, as England gradually ground them down before recording a bonus-point win.

GAVIN HENSON’S return to rugby was thrown into doubt after his no-show at pre-season training with the Ospreys.

The Ireland Women’s squad for the forthcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup in England has been named today.

JAMIE HEASLIP yesterday praised coach Michael Cheika’s rotation policy for helping to keep the Leinster squad fresh ahead of next weekend’s Magners League final clash with the Ospreys.

Ireland 15 Scotland 3

Ireland Women's coach Kevin West has made three changes, bringing in hooker Gillian Bourke, openside Sinead Ryan and wing Nora Stapleton to start against Scotland in the Six Nations at Ashbourne on Friday night.

Ireland 18 Wales 3

Coach Steven Hennessy has made two changes to his Ireland women’s side to play Scotland at Meggetland this Friday.

Ireland women’s coach Steven Hennessy has named his side to face England for their clash on Friday in St Mary’s College, Templeogue (kick off: 6.30pm).

The Ireland U20 team shows several changes from last week’s game against France for the sides next outing against Italy in Piacenza on Saturday in the Beltrametti Stadium.

Ireland 22 France 22

The Irish women's rugby team have travelled to Amsterdam to compete in the upcoming FIRA European Women’s Championship.

The Irish rugby squad for the upcoming FIRA Women’s European Championship has been announced.

UL-Bohs are aiming for an unprecedented seventh women's first division title in a row this weekend as they face Blackrock at Nenagh RFC.

Ireland 13 Scotland 3

Ireland 19 Italy 0

Ireland coach John O'Sullivan has named an experienced team to take on Italy on Friday at Templeville Road.

Ireland's women's side put memories of last week's disappointment in Wales behind them as they almost shocked World Cup semi-finalists France at Templeville Road.

There is just one change to the Irish women´s team to play France this weekend in Dublin from the side which narrowly lost to Wales last weekend.

Ireland women’s coach John O’Sullivan has named his first Six Nations squad with 22 players announced for the opening clash against Wales.

The Ireland women's team have taken a leaf out of their male counterparts' book by hiring a head coach who hails from Cork by the name of O'Sullivan.

Munster 11 Leinster 10

The Leinster squad to face Munster in Saturday's Women's Interprovincial final (KO: 2.30pm) in Musgrave Park has been named.

Ireland 14 Australia 18

Ireland 10 Scotland 11

Ireland 37 South Africa 0

Ireland 11 USA 24