Eve Higgins and Béibhinn Parsons impressed with four tries each.
THE IRELAND WOMEN racked up a record 109-0 win over Kazakhstan in their first ever WXV match, with Eve Higgins and Mastercard player-of-the-match Béibhinn Parsons delighting the Dubai crowd with four tries each.
18-year-old hooker Delaney crossed for the penultimate try from a barnstorming maul, which originated on Kazakhstan’s 22-metre line, and she was embraced by her new team-mates in the biggest celebration of the night. Aoife Dalton bagged a brace of her own, Parsons’ finishing skills saw touch down three times in 14 minutes, and Brittany Hogan and newcomer Delaney were rewarded with their first 15s international tries.
Higgins was next over the whitewash in the 16th minute, using her pace to break outside Darya Simakova and then a nifty step off her right took her in between Gulim Bakytbek and Tatyana Dadajanova to score to the right of the posts. O’Brien’s missed conversion left it 17-0. Higgins doubled her tally soon after, a Kazakhstan error allowing the Irish pack to press from a lineout maul. O’Brien took play infield and did well to offload to Higgins whose deft sidestepping took her away from three defenders for a smartly-finished seven-pointer.
Tarpey was held up after Hogan’s direct running had carved open the defence again but she unfortunately delayed her pass. Nonetheless, following a tapped penalty, the newly-introduced Aoibheann Reilly and Fowley fed Tarpey who put Dalton over for a deserved try. Young centre Dalton completed her brace in the 67th minute, showing impressive balance and using a couple of strong fends to score on the back of Parsons’ midfield break and timely offload.
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