Sevens star Stacey Flood will excel for Ireland in 15-a-side code, says Eve Higgins

A player of the match performance and a controlled display in the number 10 shirt hints at a bright future for Flood

Ireland's Stacey Flood kicks a a penalty in the Six Nations win over Italy last weekend. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Irish women’s centre Eve Higgins thinks we are only seeing the start of the talents that her clubmate Stacey Flood can bring to the international scene after the duo’s breakthrough Six Nations campaign.

Higgins started all three of Ireland’s games in the competition alongside the experienced Sene Naoupu in the centre, while Railway Union club mate Flood earned her first starter’s shirt in the key play-off victory against Italy.