Claire Molloy: 'I wish I had been confident and backed myself'

Pictured is former Ireland Rugby captain and current Wasps player, Claire Molloy, who today was inducted into the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Hall of Fame. Picture: INPHO/Tony Kershaw

Claire Molloy hopes to soon be able to look back on the many highlights of her glittering Test career but for now the recent disappointments suffered by the Ireland women are difficult to shake.

Molloy, still playing with Wasps but now a retired Ireland international, was yesterday announced as one of this year’s inductees to the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Hall of Fame. Former Ireland men’s wing Simon Geoghegan was the other inductee revealed yesterday while Billy Holland was announced as this Tom Rooney Award winner.