Ireland eager to put lessons learned from defeat to use at Twickenham

As for Ireland’s overall expectations for the championship, they centred around on home clashes.

Scrum coach Denis Fogarty, centre, speaks to players during an Ireland Women's Rugby squad training session. Pic: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Ireland will head to Twickenham for Saturday’s Guinness Women's Six Nations opener against England confident they can put the lessons learned from their 2025 defeat to good use against the world champions but having made three home wins their major objective.

Scott Bemand’s side will pick up from their World Cup quarter-final heartbreak against France in Exeter last September with the toughest of championship fixtures as they prepare to face the titleholders in front of a record Six Nations crowd of 70,000-plus this weekend.