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PREVIEW: Ireland Women bid for Six Nations glory in Scotland

Ireland head coach Tom Tierney has kept faith with the same XV that overcame Wales 20-0 last week...
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14.34 20 Mar 2015


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PREVIEW: Ireland Women bid for Six Nations glory in Scotland

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14.34 20 Mar 2015


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Ireland head coach Tom Tierney has kept faith with the same XV that overcame Wales 20-0 last week for his title-chasing side's clash in Scotland on Sunday (1.0).

"The quality of the players have shone through in the results and fingers crossed Scotland will be another win,” said Tierney said ahead of the Six Nations finale in Cumbernauld.

Tierney and front-rower Gillian Bourke spoke to Newtalk's Oisin Langan on the Rewind podcast (from 30:24): 

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Ireland Women's Team (v Scotland)
15 – Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemian/ Munster) (Capt)
14 – Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
13 – Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
12 – Jackie Shiels (Richmond/ Exiles)
11 – Alison Miller (Portlaoise/Connacht)
10 – Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
9 – Larissa Muldoon (Skewen RFC)     
1 – Ruth O'Reilly (Galwegians/ Connacht)
2 – Gillian Bourke (Olympico de Pozuelo RFC)
3 – Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
4 – Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
5 –Marie Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
6 – Paula Fitzpatrick (St Marys/ Leinster)
7 – Claire Molloy (Bristol/ Connacht)
8 – Heather O'Brien (Highfield/ Munster)

Replacements:

16 – Sarah Mimnagh (Wasps/Exiles)
17 – Fiona Hayes (UL Bohemian/ Munster)
18 – Fiona O'Brien (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
19 – Orla Fitzsimons (St Marys/ Leinster)
20 – Katie Norris (Blackrock / Leinster)
21 – Tania Rosser (Blackrock/ Leinster)
22 – Sene Naoupu (Galwegians/Connacht)
23 – Aoife Doyle (Shannon/ Munster)


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