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Ireland Women's Rugby Head Coach Scott Bemand has named a 35-player XVs squad ahead of next month's Test match against Australia in Belfast and the WXV1 campaign in Vancouver.

The squad will assemble at the IRFU High Performance Centre on Monday in preparation for the visit of the Wallaroos to Kingspan Stadium on Saturday, 14 September (Kick-off 2.30pm) and then the three-match WXV1 campaign later in September and early October.