Ireland coach Adam Griggs: 'We are  privileged to represent our country in a lockdown'

Ireland head coach Adam Griggs said the privilege of being allowed to play their rearranged Six Nations game against Italy in a Level 5 lockdown is ‘not lost on us.’ Only elite level sport is allowed to continue at present and Griggs admitted that fact will be a huge motivation for his 23 strong squad at Energia Park on Saturday (6.30pm).

Griggs said: "No one across Irish Rugby in the women's game is actually able to pull on a jersey and play right now and yet here we are already privileged to represent our country and be one of the only teams actually playing in these times.