‘I can honestly say I’ve never come across people who take such pride in their work’

Cork woman Gemma Crowley is the Team Services Manager at the Rugby World Cup for Ireland’s Pool D. She offers an insight into some of the logistics that have gone into planning England 2015...

What’s your background and how did you get the job?

I’m from a football and hockey background and I came to rugby later in life. I worked as a training venue manager for the football teams competing at the London 2012 Olympics for six months and then I had the honour of managing the Irish women’s rugby team. But to work at a men’s Rugby World Cup and be at the heartbeat of it is something special.