Sene Naoupu announces retirement from international rugby

'I gave everything I had,' the New Zealand native says after a successful career in green.

LEGEND: 'I got to play alongside some of those Irish rugby legends,' says Naoupu. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Sene Naoupu has announced her retirement from international rugby. 

The centre earned 48 caps for the Ireland XVs and starred for the Sevens team after moving to Galway from New Zealand in 2009, when her husband George signed for Connacht.