All about the here and now for Munster head coach Niamh Briggs

It is her role as Munster Women’s head coach that has the former Garda’s full attention for the next three weeks

CURRENT TASK: Munster Head Coach Niamh Briggs. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

A new Irish women’s rugby season gets underway on Saturday afternoon with the first round of the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship amid ongoing debates about the direction of travel for the game in a rapidly evolving professional era.

Yet as Munster travel north to open their title defence against Ulster at City of Armagh RFC (3pm, live on TG4 YouTube), their head coach Niamh Briggs is determined to keep her players focused on immediate objectives as much as possible rather than get distracted by the bigger picture being laid out in front of them.