Irish flanker relishes taking on the auld enemy

MOST athletes would be content with representing their country once, never mind 60 times. Butwhat about 60 consecutive internationals, never missing one, only being substituted once for three minutes near the end of one game.

"Well, there was one match where I was sin-binned too, so I missed ten minutes of another game," says Fiona Steed, Ireland's most capped women's rugby player.

While all eyes will be on the efforts of Brian O'Driscoll et al to take the World Champions off their perch this weekend, the Irish women will also be taking on the auld enemy.