Nichola Fryday missed out on rugby schooldays

Female students were offered limited exposure to the sport during her time at Kilkenny College

Nichola Fryday at Ireland training. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Second-row Nichola Fryday stands out as something of an outlier in the Ireland women’s rugby team.

Unlike the vast majority of her international colleagues, the Offaly native received her second-level education in one of the country’s so-called ‘traditional’ rugby schools.