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# Debut Day

Last year

2022

'It's something you dream of when you first start playing' - from rugby roots to Ireland's call

Aoibheann Reilly will make her Ireland 15s debut this weekend.

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Mar 25th 2022, 3:25 PM

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'She really, really wants to play for Ireland' - English-born star set to be catapulted straight in

Vera Pauw has hinted that she will hand the ‘amazing’ Lucy Quinn her Ireland debut tonight.

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Sep 21st 2021, 11:55 AM

'I was thinking, ‘Am I ever going to get a cap?’' - Ireland's Ross Byrne

The Leinster out-half came off the bench to help Joe Schmidt’s team beat Italy.

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Nov 4th 2018, 2:22 PM