Women’s rugby: Ireland-Scotland Six Nations finale could effectively become World Cup qualifier

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Women’s rugby: Ireland-Scotland Six Nations finale could effectively become World Cup qualifier
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Latest instalment of the old firm fixture affords opportunity for women in green to finish this tournament on a high

finale at the Kingspan Stadium maintains that trend. Unless Italy win big in the first of the day’s triple-header in Cardiff, the Ireland-Scotland game could effectively become a World Cup qualifier.

In April 2022, Ireland exacted a measure of revenge when Enya Breen converted her own try with the last kick of the game to seal a 15-14 win in the Kingspan Stadium. But last April, the Scots condemned Ireland to the wooden spoon with a 36-10 victory at the Hive Stadium in Edinburgh.

Indeed, Monaghan had only made her debut in the first of those qualifiers, a shock 8-7 loss to Spain, before Ireland beat Italy to set up that all-or-nothing clash with Scotland. “They’re organised, but I think if we stick to our game plan and what we’ve been doing in the last few weeks against Italy and Wales, we’ll come out on top.”

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