Amee-Leigh Costigan: 'We really want to put in performances and we want to make Ireland proud'

“The energy down there that we felt was something else. It really felt like an extra player. Coming into this weekend, I hope they give us good cheers if we win a turnover, win a scrum, score tries, whatever it is. They're just as part of the game as we are.” 

MAKE IRELAND PROUD: Amee-Leigh Costigan is hoping Ireland will not get overwhelmed and will put in performances in at the Rugby World Cup and make Ireland proud. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Wednesday afternoon, just three days out from a long-anticipated warm-up with Scotland in Cork. A World Cup, Ireland’s first in eight long years, is just over the horizon and yet Amee-Leigh Costigan is casting her mind back 12 months.

It’s a year to the day as she talks since the Olympic medal matches at the women’s sevens in Stade de France. Since the USA edged Australia to bronze and New Zealand had seven points to spare on Canada in the final. All of it in front of a raucous full house.