Two Tipperary players will be starting for Ireland against Australia this weekend.
The Irish women’s side take on Australia on Saturday in their 150th anniversary test match.
Olympian and sevens star Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe starts on the wing for Scott Bemand’s side, with the game serving as the Tipp Town woman’s first for the fifteens side since 2022.
Also in the starting line up is Fethard’s Dorothy Wall, who lines up in the second row.
Saturday’s test match gets underway at 2.30pm in Kingspan Stadium, Belfast.
Ireland (v Wallaroos):
(Club/Province/Caps)
15. Eimear Considine (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)(26)
14. Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC)*
13. Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(14)
12. Enya Breen (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)(21)
11. Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union RFC/Munster)(9)
10. Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(15)
9. Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Leinster)(16)
1. Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(7)
2. Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury)(26)
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(37)
4. Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs/Munster)(28)
5. Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)*
6. Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(7)
7. Edel McMahon (Exeter Chiefs/Connacht)(captain)(28)
8. Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(23)
Replacements:
16. Clíodhna Moloney (Exeter Chiefs)(34)
17. Siobhán McCarthy (Worcester Warriors/Munster)*
18. Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(18)
19. Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(6)
20. Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC)*
21. Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC)(6)
22. Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)(17)
23. Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC)(10)
* denotes uncapped player
