Ireland undaunted by Black Ferns loss ahead of World Cup quarter-final

France haven’t lost to Ireland since 2017 and they will have seen plenty in how the world champions defanged their next opponents that can be used or tweaked for their own devices before the teams meet again at the weekend.

UNDAUNTED: Ireland will face Six Nations rivals France in their Women's RWC quarter-final. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

World Cups wait for no man or woman. Include Ireland’s two warm-up games against Scotland and Canada and the Ireland squad has played five games in the last six weekends and now France await in a tournament quarter-final next Sunday.

That’s some workload.