Two Tipperary women have been named to the Irish training squad ahead of the inaugural WXV3 competition in Dubai.
New head coach Scott Bemand has named a 30-player squad which will assemble in Dublin for training camp on September 10th.
Fethard’s Dorothy Wall has been named among the forwards, as has Ballina native Maeve Óg O’Leary.
The WXV3 competition in October sees Ireland play Kazakhstan, Colombia and Spain.
Ireland Women’s Training Squad:
Forwards:
Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)
Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Deirbhile Nic A Bhaird (Old Belvedere RFC/Munster)
Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)
Edel McMahon (Exeter Chiefs/Connacht)
Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)*
Grace Moore (Saracens/IQ Rugby)
Kathryn Buggy (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby)
Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
Maeve Óg O’Leary (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)
Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury/Ulster)
Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
Sadhbh McGrath (City of Derry/Cooke RFC/Ulster)
Sam Monaghan (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby)
Sarah Delaney (Cill Dara RFC/Leinster)*
Siobhan McCarthy (Worcester Warriors/Munster)*
Backs:
Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)
Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
Aoife Doyle (Railway Union RFC/Munster)
Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)
Clara Barrett (Ballina RFC/Connacht)*
Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Katie Whelan (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)*
Méabh Deely (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)
Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Nicole Fowley (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
Natasja Behan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Vicky Irwin (Sale Sharks/Ulster).
*Denotes uncapped
Additional Players:
Eimear Corri (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
India Daley (Cooke RFC/Ulster)
Kayla Waldron (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
Leah Tarpey (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Megan Collis (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Ruth Campbell (MU Barnhall RFC/Leinster)
WXV3 Fixtures:
The Sevens Stadium, Dubai
Ireland v Kazakhstan, Friday 13 October
Ireland v Colombia, Saturday 21 October
Ireland v Spain, Saturday 28 October
