Ireland women focused on week-to-week improvements

While Parma maybe a skeleton in Ireland’s closet for more experienced members of the squad like Jones, the hooker also recognises the possibilities this return visit represents

RELAXED: Aoife Dalton and Neve Jones during an Ireland press conference. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

The opportunities to look back are frequent for Ireland’s Women in the midst of a difficult Tik Tok Six Nations campaign but for both players and management, the only option is forward-facing as they prepare for this Saturday’s round-three trip to Italy.

Whether it is the return to the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, scene of the Irish team’s disastrous World Cup qualifying defeats to both Spain and Scotland in September 2021, or the two heavy championship losses of the last four weeks that leave Greg McWilliams’ squad scrambling to avoid a wooden spoon, the whys and wherefores of past setbacks have had to make way for the next step in the current team’s development as Ireland continue their bid to start catching up to the game’s frontrunners.