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Grand Slam chasing Ireland women's team named for England showdown

Ireland women's coach Adam Griggs has made two changes to his starting 15 for Sunday's Six Nations m...


Grand Slam chasing Ireland wom...

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Grand Slam chasing Ireland women's team named for England showdown


Ireland women's coach Adam Griggs has made two changes to his starting 15 for Sunday's Six Nations match with England in Doncaster.

The girls in green are coming off the back of successive wins over Scotland and Wales in the competition.

Aoife Doyle starts on the wing, replacing Beibhinn Parsons, who is taking time away from rugby to concentrate on the Leaving Certificate, while Katie Fitzhenry is named at inside centre.

Speaking ahead of the game, Griggs said:

"We are really looking forward to traveling over to Doncaster for this match. We have had a solid start to the tournament with two wins and are happy with the step up in our performance from week to week so far.

England are the defending champions and are coming into this game unbeaten too so It’s going to be a real challenge, However we intend to focus on what we can control within our own game and believe if we get our systems right that we should be able to really put them under pressure.

We have no intention of giving them anything easy and are relishing the opportunity to test ourselves against one of the best in the world."

Kick off at Castle Park in Doncaster is at 12.45.

Ireland team: 

15- Eimear Considine (UL Bohemian/ Munster) (14)
14 - Lauren Delany (Firwood Waterloo/ IQ Rugby) (10)
13 - Sene Naoupu (Old Belvedere/ Leinster) (36)
12 - Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/ Leinster) (12)
11 - Aoife Doyle (Railway Union/ Munster) (5)    
10 - Claire Keohane (Railway Union/ Munster) (2)        
9 - Kathryn Dane (Old Belvedere/ Ulster) (8)    
1 - Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/ Leinster) (29) 
2 - Cliodhna Moloney (Wasps/ IQ Rugby) (21)
3 - Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/ Leinster) (7)            
4 - Aoife McDermott (Railway Union/ Leinster) (12)        
5 – Judy Bobbett (Blackrock/ Leinster) (2)         
6 - Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemian/ Munster) (31) Capt.
7 - Edel McMahon (Wasps/ Connacht / IQ Rugby) (8) 
8 - Anna Caplice (Harlequins/ IQ Rugby) (13)    
  
Replacements:

16 - Victoria Dabanovich O'Mahony (Old Belvedere/ Leinster) (2)        
17 - Laura Feely (Galwegians/ Connacht) (14)    
18 - Leah Lyons (Harlequins/ IQ Rugby) (23)
19 - Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/ Leinster) (19)
20 - Dorothy Wall (Railway Union/ Munster) (2)         
21 - Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian / Munster) (15)
22 - Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union/ Leinster) (46)         
23 - Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere RFC/ Leinster) (15)

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