Ireland head coach Scott Bemand hopes that Dannah O’Brien will be fully-fit for trip to France this weekend.
HEAD COACH SCOTT Bemand has hailed the “absolutely outstanding” role that Declan Danaher is playing behind the scenes with the Ireland women’s rugby team.
After clocking an impressive 275 appearances for London Irish over a 15-year spell, he subsequently served as a coach at the club from 2016 to 2023 — working alongside former Munster and Ireland head coach Declan Kidney for much of that period. “With the London Irish situation, which is sad for all involved, I picked up the phone and reached out to him and said, ‘Look, would you ever be interested?’
All three featured in last year’s success at the inaugural WXV 3. Higgins and Parsons made their presence felt in the latter tournament’s opener against Kazakhstan, registering four tries apiece as Ireland cruised to a record-breaking 109-0 victory. Parsons also grabbed a brace of tries in their second round win over Colombia, before being joined on the pitch by both Higgins and Reilly as Ireland sealed the WXV 3 trophy with a narrow triumph against Spain.
The former England women’s lead coach confirmed yesterday they are available for selection this weekend at the very least and with a strong line of communication existing between himself and his 7s counterpart Allan Temple-Jones, he believes the IRFU’s two women’s rugby programmes can continue to complement each other in the weeks, months and years to come.
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