Claire Molloy aims to hit the ground running with new Six Nations format

Ireland’s Six Nations campaign gets underway in Wales next week

Claire Molloy: What we try to mimic in camp is high intensity. We’ve had sessions where we’re hitting above match-day intensity in terms of the work we’re doing and that’s been a key focus since I’ve been back.

Claire Molloy is relishing the chance for Ireland’s women to put a year of uncertainty and frustration behind them and hit the ground running when their Six Nations campaign gets underway in Wales next week.

Ireland has managed to play just one game in 12 months after the end of the 2020 championship, first delayed by six months from March at the outset of Covid-19 lockdown, was abandoned last October due to further outbreaks in France.