“When you get a taste at this level you just want more,” says 19 year old upcoming Irish International Enya Breen. The UL student made her debut for the Irish side against France last weekend at number 13.
By Daimhlinn Darling
At just 8 years old Enya started her rugby career, in the footsteps of her brother, and has always wanted to play rugby. The Breen household was full of sports and the rugby star has never dreamed of pursuing anything else.
“We were a very sporty family,” she explains, “so we were all kind of pushed into sports since we could walk really.”
The Skibbereen native began playing with the boys of the Carrigaline Rugby Club which she really enjoyed because, as she is the younger of 2 brothers, she says “it was good to be as good as the boys at something”. After moving house she joined her local club Bantry Bay RFC to truly find her passion for the . . .
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