Healy and Frazer return for South Africa tour

LOUISA HEALY and Megan Frazer will make their first international appearances in over 18 months later this month following their inclusion in Gene Muller’s panel for Ireland’s tour to South Africa.

Muller named a 20-strong squad who will travel on January 22 for their six-game tour to thee Randburg stadium in Johannesburg to play Belgium and the host nation.

Frazer and Healy are among six returnees to the selection from December’s tour of Argentina, joining the experienced quartet of Emma Clarke, Lisa Jacob, Emma Smyth and Nikki Symmons, adding 422 caps to the mix. Niamh Atcheler, Hannah Bowe, Anna O’Flanagan and Niamh Small, all of whom played in Argentina, miss out.