Donnybrook changing area controversy won’t undo good strides made by Irish women’s rugby

Munster’s Women’s Interprovincial title success at Energia Park was overshadowed by the outpouring of anger at the poor treatment of Connacht and Ulster players at the same stadium

Connacht’s Catherine Martin tackles Ashleigh Orchard of Ulster. Picture: INPHO/Brian Reilly-Troy

A bad few days for women’s rugby in Ireland should not derail the strides being made in its development in this country, according to both sports industry insiders and those within the game here.

Munster’s Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial title success at Donnybrook’s Energia Park at the weekend was overshadowed by the outpouring of anger at the poor treatment of Connacht and Ulster players at the same stadium. They were given an area of the grounds well below acceptable norms in which to prepare for their final-round game at the weekend.