IRFU apologises for failings and commits to major structural changes in the women's game

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The IRFU has accepted all 30 recommendations made by the independent report into the failure of the women’s national team to qualify for this year’s World Cup.

The union is to invest an extra one million euro per year into the women’s game - a 33% increase on current resources - while new CEO Kevin Potts has apologised formally to player representatives for the body’s past failures.