Ireland women off mark

Niamh Kavanagh scored two tries to break the back of Italian resistance as the Ireland Women’s team recorded their first Six Nations win off the season at Ashbourne last night.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2012 - 00:00
Ireland 40 Italy 10 Patrick McCarthy

Ireland led 21-0 after half an hour but yellow cards on either side of the break, for Ailis Egan and Claire Molloy, saw Italy claw back 10 points and press for more.

The match started ideally for Head coach Philip Doyle as Marie Louise Reilly crashed over.

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