Three Kerry Women On World Cup Rugby Squad

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Ruth O’Reilly from Ballyroe is on the Irish squad for the World Cup.

THREE Kerry women have been named in the Ireland squad for next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Ciara Griffin, Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly are part of Head coach Tom Tierney’s  28-strong squad that will be captained by UL Bohemians and Munster full-back Niamh Briggs.

It will be a first time involvement for all three Kerry women in a World Cup competition.

Ciara Griffin and Ciara O’Connor are former Tralee RFC players who now play their rugby with UL Bohemians/Munster and Galwegians/Connacht respectively.

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Ballyroe native Ruth O’Reilly plays with Galwegians/Connacht.

Ciara O’Connor.

Tickets for all pool games against Australia, Japan and France in UCD are sold out, however tickets for the semi-finals and finals day at Kingspan Stadium and the ranking matches in Queen’s University are still available on www.ticketmaster.ie/wrwc2017 and www.ticketmaster.co.uk/wrwc2017

Ireland’s WRWC matches will be broadcast live via eir Sport, RTE TV and RTE Radio in the Republic of Ireland and via ITV in the United Kingdom.

WRWC 2017 Fixtures:

Pool C –

Ireland v Australia, UCD Bowl, 7pm, Wednesday, August 9
Ireland v Japan, UCD Bowl, 5.15pm, Sunday, August 13
France v Ireland, UCD Bowl, 7.45pm, Thursday, August 17

IRELAND WRWC 2017 Squad – Backs (13): Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemians/Munster) (capt), Eimear Considine (UL Bohemians/Munster), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemians/Munster) *, Jeamie Deacon (Blackrock/Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union), Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Harlequins), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster).

Forwards (15): Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Anna Caplice (UL Bohemians/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary’s/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemians/Munster), Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Heather O’Brien (Highfield/Munster), Ciara O’Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Ruth O’Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Marie Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster).

* Denotes uncapped player

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