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Zoe Grattage
FORMER Tralee RFC player, Zoe Grattage, will start for the Irish women’s rugby team in the second game of the November Series at the UCD Bowl on Saturday (kick-off 2pm).
Ireland Women’s head coach Tom Tierney has made ten changes after the 12-10 defeat to England last Sunday, to face Canada at the weekend.
Zoe Grattage, who now plays her rugby with Highfield, comes into the front row alongside fellow Munster players Fiona Hayes and Fiona Reidy.
Zoe will be hoping to impress against the North Americans before the big match of the series against New Zealand on November 27.
Ireland Women’s Team & Replacements (v Canada Women, Women’s November Series, UCD Bowl, Saturday, November 19, kick-off 2pm):
15. Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht)
14. Niamh Kavanagh (UL Bohemians/Munster)
13. Nicole Fowley (Galwegians/Connacht)
12. Sene Naoupu (Aylesford Bulls)
11. Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht)
10. Nikki Caughey (Railway Union/Ulster)
9. Mary Healy (Galwegians/Connacht)
1. Fiona Hayes (UL Bohemians/Munster)
2. Zoe Grattage (Highfield / Munster)
3. Fiona Reidy (UL Bohemians/Munster)
4. Katie Norris (Blackrock/Leinster)
5. Nichola Fryday (Tullamore/Leinster) *
6. Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster)
7. Anna Caplice (UL Bohemians/Munster) *
8. Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary’s/Leinster) (capt)
Replacements:
16. Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster)
17. Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster)
18. Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
19. Elaine Anthony (Highfield/Munster)
20. Chloe Pearse (UL Bohemians/Munster)
21. Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union)
22. Jackie Shiels (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
23. Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster)
