Ireland women’s rugby head coach Tom Tierney has named a 28-woman squad for the upcoming World Cup.
The side is captained by former Clonmel RFC full-back Niamh Briggs, and also features six players who played in this year’s Women’s World Sevens Series.
Scrum-half Nicole Cronin is the only uncapped player included, while 12 of the squad featured in the last World Cup three years ago.
Jenny Murphy and Ailis Egan are also named, despite not being included in the initial squad at the start of the summer due to injury.
Ireland open their campaign against Australia in the UCD Bowl on August 9th before further pool games against Japan and France.
