Tom Tierney hopes to see women’s rugby take off

Tom Tierney predicts a huge future for women’s rugby in Ireland following the latest Six Nations triumph in Scotland on Sunday and hopes to see the game strengthen further if a bid to host the 2017 World Cup succeeds.

Head coach Tierney watched his charges demolish Scotland and win the title for a second time in three years and is confident it will contribute to Ireland’s growing fortunes.

“A bid has been put in to host the World Cup in 2017, hopefully that would bring the game on hugely if we were lucky enough to get that. It’s a question of waiting and it would be brilliant for womens rugby in Ireland. I think the game is going to grow and prosper, get bigger and doing things like the girls did on Sunday will add to it.