WRWC2014: Teams up for Ireland v Kazakhstan.

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Ireland coach Philip Doyle has made a surprising ten changes to the starting line up for Ireland’s match against Kazakhstan tomorrow afternoon, their last Pool game in the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

It’s a surprising number of changes from the normally cautious Doyle, who only utilised 23 players in the whole of the Grand Slam Six Nations in 2013, and, with Ireland only one game away from their first ever top four finish, it’s a rather audacious selection.

There is a backbone of experience in Gill Bourke, Larissa Muldoon, Tania Rosser, Grace Davitt and captain Lynne Cantwell together with a sprinkling of seasoned players in Fiona Hayes, Laura Guest and Siobhan Fleming but, even at that, it’s still easily the least experienced side Ireland have fielded in the last three years.

However, with two huge games in the offing it’s definitely the right . . .

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One response to “WRWC2014: Teams up for Ireland v Kazakhstan.”

  1. Canada to beat England? Interesting thought… But I reckon that one will be down to the wire! Lol

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