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Ruth O’Reilly and Zoe Grattage from Tralee play against Wales tomorrow.
TWO Tralee women will start for Ireland in their Six Nations game against Wales tomorrow in Donnybrook.
Tralee RFC’s Zoe Grattage and Galwegians Ruth O’Reilly, a native of Ballyroe, will take to the field for the opening clash of the tournament in Donnybrook at 1pm.
Hooker Zoe Grattage will win her first cap on Saturday, with her Tralee and Munster team-mate, flanker Ciara Griffin, hoping to make her Ireland debut from the bench.
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Let’s hope we see all three Tralee players in action tomorrow. You can watch the match on live stream on www.IrishRugby.ie/live or listen on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra.
In other rugby news, there is no place on the bench for Tralee man Ultan Dillane for the men’s Six Nations opener against the Welsh at 3pm on Sunday. He’ll have to wait his chance another day. That’ll come too…
IRELAND WOMEN: Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemians/Munster) (capt); Elise O’Byrne White (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Aine Donnelly (Cill Dara/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Galwegians/Connacht), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht); Nikki Caughey (Railway Union/Ulster), Larissa Muldoon (Skewen); Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Zoe Grattage (Tralee/Munster), Ruth O’Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Marie Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (Toulouse), Claire Molloy (Bristol), Heather O’Brien (Toulouse).
Replacements: Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Fiona Reidy (UL Bohemians/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (Tralee/Munster), Mary Healy (Galwegians/Connacht), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Jackie Shiels (Richmond).
