A negative sixty point turn around against Wales is not the sort of start that new head coach Greg McWilliams would have wished for but he will now have a fair idea of the size of the task ahead.
It’s going to take a while to address the issues, that have been prevalent in Irish Women’s rugby over the last 8 years, but in McWilliams, and his team, the right people are in charge.
A competitive Women’s AIL, or even a rejigged competition, would be a first step in any plan but, even taking into account the paucity of that competition this season, I was still a little surprised at how few players from the AIL made the final cut and a lack of 15-a-side game time played a big part in Ireland’s downfall in this game.
Wales enjoyed the best of the opening exchanges but it was Ireland that opened the scoring with Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe racing home on the 16th minute . . .
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