Eimear Considine marked her return to Test rugby with a try just before half-time
women’s team warmed up in ideal circumstances for their foray into the world’s elite at WXV 1 later this month with an emphatic win over the Wallaroos in a fitting way to start the
Bemand will highlight room for further growth but most also have been delighted with his players’ fitness levels so early in their season against opponents beyond the middle of theirs. A second prolonged assault on the Wallaroos line followed from a second lineout after McMahon bravely and critically retrieving the overthrow on the deck. It seemed like this attack had also been repelled until Considine picked up a loose ball and ran hard, and a few phases later Aoife Dalton broke a couple of tackles to finish strongly. O’Brien converted.
Instead, in the final and telling play of the first-half, a loose pass off the base of a ruck by the Wallaroos scrumhalf Natalie Wright went between two team-mates. Pushing up on the outside, Considine hacked upfield from 40 metres out before calmly gathering to score untouched in the corner. The scrum was also solidified by the introduction of Christy Haney and Linda Djougang moving to loose-head, and after Wafer again charged off the base of a rare Irish put-in, the debutant Erin King made a huge carry through several tackles along the right touchline.
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