Autumn International. Teams up for Ireland v New Zealand

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We’ve finally got the New Zealand team so I can now say, with some certainty, that the teams are up for the Ireland v New Zealand Women’s Autumn International at UCD Bowl on Sunday afternoon. Kick off 2:00pm. Live on Irish Rugby website. 

Ireland have made eleven changes to the team that got whupped by Canada, in a team that features eight of the WRWC 2014 legacy players with Niamh Briggs, Nora Stapleton, Larissa Muldoon, Ailis Egan, Marie Louise Reilly, Claire Molloy and Paula Fitzpatrick all starting and Fiona Hayes benching. 

Amazingly, at this stage in the series, Alison Miller returns to the sevens programme, an insult to this game that New Zealand have chosen not to take by keeping Portia Woodman and Kelly Brazier under similar circumstances. You really have to ask where Ireland’s priorities . . .

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