'At least top three' - Third the minimum requirement for Ireland, says Scuffil-McCabe

Molly Scuffil-McCabe is one of those to have taken up a full-time contract as part of the Women’s XVs High-Performance Programme.

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023 - 07:02

Daire Walsh

The day before the men’s side completed their Six Nations mission for 2023, former women’s captain Fiona Coghlan was reminiscing about her own success story in the green of Ireland.

Appearing on RTÉ’s The Late Late Show as part of their St Patrick’s Day special, the Dubliner’s mind was cast back to the same date 10 years earlier when she captained her country to an historic Women’s Grand Slam amidst monsoon-like conditions against Italy in Milan.