A Tipperary woman will lead Ireland out for their Women’s Six Nations opener this weekend.
Tipp Town native Amee-Leigh Costigan has been named captain for Ireland’s meeting with France on Saturday at 1pm in Kingspan Stadium.
The Olympian and sevens star will earn her 14th cap and lines out on the wing for Scott Bemand’s side.
Fethard’s Dorothy Wall is also in the starting fifteen and lines out in the second row for her 33rd international cap.
Ireland (v France):
15. Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC)(14)
14. Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC)(6)
13. Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(18)
12. Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)(21)
11. Amee-Leigh Costigan (Railway Union RFC/Munster)(13)(captain)
10. Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(19)
9. Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC)(10)
1. Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(11)
2. Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury)(30)(vice-captain)
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(41)
4. Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(2)
5. Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs/Munster)(32)
6. Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(27)
7. Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC)(4)
8. Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(11)
Replacements:
16. Cliodhna Moloney (Exeter Chiefs)(38)
17. Siobhán McCarthy (Worcester Warriors/Munster)(4)
18. Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(19)
19. Grace Moore (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby)(17)
20. Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(10)
21. Edel McMahon (Exeter Chiefs/Connacht)(30)
22. Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)(12)
23. Enya Breen (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)(25).
