Ireland coach Greg McWilliams says 'door is always open' for axed stars to earn recall 

Nichola Fryday named captain as nine uncapped players in squad for Saturday's Six Nations opener against Scotland at RDS

Ireland head coach Greg McWilliams and newly announced captain Nichola Fryday at the IRFU High Performance Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Greg McWilliams insists that the door remains open for players like Cliodhna Moloney, Sene Naoupu, and Anna Caplice after they failed to make the cut for the new Ireland head coach's first Six Nations squad.

And the new man made it clear that the omission of Moloney, who was hugely critical of former IRFU head of women’s rugby Anthony Eddy late last year, was made with nothing other than rugby in mind.