Time for Cliodhna Moloney to be brought back to Six Nations duty
Ireland may have changed coaching staff but the 2024 Six Nations looks like mirroring the 2023 campaign as the side sit at the foot of the table.
Not even RTE's allowable home bias, however, was enough for Monaghan to pick up the Player of the Match on a day when Ireland's basics were way off the standard. By the time the five Six Nations games are up, the disgraceful exclusion of Exeter no8 Cliodhna Moloney, the loss of her physicality, ball-carrying ability and her peerless leadership qualities will hopefully be an Irish sporting cause celebre.
Ireland, meanwhile, should be auditioning the other 14 players on the team, wingers, centres, props, anyone, to find out who can throw in at a line-out. "In those moments we have missed a couple of walk-ins, we have missed a couple of opportunities where a phase later we could be causing them some serious problems.
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