Former softball catcher Christy Haney adapting quickly to life in green 

“A lot of us on the team are very adaptable. A handful have played from an early age but the rest of us have come from other sports"

Christy Haney during a Ireland Women's Rugby Squad Training, IRFU High Performance Centre, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin 31/3/2022

IF Michael O’Muirchearthaigh had been commentating when Christy Haney ran on in Toulouse last weekend there would undoubtedly have been a quip about ‘Virginia…not known as a rugby stronghold.’ Growing up in America it was softball that was her teenage sporting passion.

She was a catcher and says you can see that in the way she crouches deeply at the front of the lineout, a trait her new Irish teammates slag her about.