Cliodhna Moloney returns from international wilderness with Six Nations call-up

Ireland's Cliodhna Moloney. Picture: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Cliodhna Moloney, whose criticism of the IRFU's former director of women’s rugby was followed by over two years in the international wilderness, has been recalled to the Ireland squad ahead of their Six Nations meeting with Wales next week.

The Galway woman made no bones about Anthony Eddy’s suggestion late in 2021 that the players had been at fault for the team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup, and his insistence that the union had not shirked in providing enough support for the XVs programme.