Women’s Six Nations: Hannah Tyrrell surprised at Sevens furore

Hannah Tyrrell didn’t expect the controversy that unfolded with the IRFU’s decision to divert her and two other players from Six Nations and towards Sevens duties last month. But she can see the upside to all that fuss, too.

The union’s performance director David Nucifora went public with his dissatisfaction at some of the “over-the-top” reaction that followed news Tyrrell, Alison Miller and Sene Naoupu were being pulled from the side to face France in the 15s game.

Tyrrell seems to come from the school that believes all publicity is good publicity and maybe not least, in this instance, because France were defeated 13-10 in Dublin while the ‘Vegas Three’ concentrated on the World Series gig in Nevada.