Irish Rugby | Rosser Announces Extended Leinster Women’s Squad

Christy Haney and Hannah O’Connorfinal season’s co-captains, lead a listing of 39 gamers as Rosser’s Blues, who completed as runners-up within the 2022/23 Interpros, construct in direction of their August 12 opener away to Connacht.

Whereas Jenny MurphyLeinster’s reigning Girls’s Participant of the Yr, is a notable absentee, the likes of Ailsa Hughes, Elise O’Byrne-White, Niamh Byrne, Nikki Caughey and returning duo Linda Djougang and Sene Naoupu carry loads of the expertise.

Djougang, Aoife Dalton, Aoife Wafer, Natasja Behan, Dannah O’Brien and Leah Tarpey are all contracted to the Eire Girls’s Excessive Efficiency Programme, whereas Clare Gorman and Emma Tilly just lately performed for the Eire Sevens workforce.

Wicklow pair Caoimhe Molloy and Naoise O’Reilly have earned call-ups following their spectacular membership type, and the Backyard County illustration has grown with promising kids Eva Sterritt, Amy O’Mahony, Jane Neill and Megan Collis additionally concerned.

The Leinster squad have been put via a complete coaching plan, which sees weekly classes happen in Energia Park. These classes encompass on-pitch ability classes and numerous off-pitch workshops.

Backboned by eight of Blackrock School’s All-Eire League title-winning workforce, Rosser’s fees have a warm-up recreation towards Ulster at Dundalk RFC this Saturday, earlier than the aggressive motion begins within the coming weeks.

Their Interpro fixtures embrace back-to-back residence matches towards Ulster (August 19) and Munster (August 26) at Energia Park. The finals day is scheduled for Saturday, September 2, with the venue to be confirmed.

LEINSTER WOMEN’S EXTENDED TRAINING SQUAD:

Ailsa Hughes ( Tullamore RFC/Railway Union RFC)
Aimee Clarke (Suttonians RFC/Railway Union RFC)
Amy O’Mahony (Greystones RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Anna Doyle (Tullow RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Aoife Dalton (Tullamore RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Aoife Moore (St. Mary’s School RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Aoife Wafer (Gorey RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Caoimhe Molloy (Gorey RFC/Wicklow RFC)
Christy Haney (St. Mary’s School RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Clare Gorman (Previous Belvedere RFC)
Clodagh Dunne (Gorey RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Dannah O’Brien (Tullow RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Eimear Corri (Portlaoise RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Elise O’Byrne-White (Dublin College FC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Emma Murphy (Railway Union RFC)
Emma Tilly (MU Barnhall RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Eva Sterritt (Greystones RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Hannah O’Connor (CYM RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Jade Gaffney (Navan RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Jane Neill (Arklow RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Jess Keating (Previous Belvedere RFC)
Katelynn Doran (Previous Belvedere RFC/MU Barnhall RFC)
Katie Whelan (Enniscorthy RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Leah Tarpey (Tullamore RFC/Railway Union RFC)
Linda Djougang (Previous Belvedere RFC)
Lisa Callan (Railway Union RFC/Previous Belvedere RFC)
Lisa Mullen (Virginia RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Mary Healy (Naas RFC/Suttionians RFC)
Meavh O’Brien (Naas RFC/Suttonians RFC)
Megan Collis (Greystones RFC/Railway Union RFC)
Molly Boyne (Dublin College FC/Railway Union RFC)
Naoise O’Reilly (Wicklow RFC)
Natasja Behan (Gorey RFC/Blackrock School RFC)
Niamh Byrne (Dublin College FC/Railway Union RFC)
Niamh O’Dowd (Previous Belvedere RFC)
Nikki Caughey (Malone RFC/Railway Union RFC)
Ruth Campbell – Naas RFC/MU Barnhall RFC)
Sarah Delaney (PortDara/Cill Dara RFC)
Sene Naoupu (Previous Belvedere RFC/Exeter Chiefs)

LEINSTER WOMEN’S COACHING TEAM:

Tania Rosser – Head Coach
John Fairley – Lineout Coach
Maz Reilly – Contact/Breakdown Coach
Niall Kane – Scrum and Defence Coach
Billy Ngawini – Backs/Abilities Coach
Greg Hawe – Lead Physio
Aine Rowe – Physio
James O’Sullivan – S&C Coach
Eoin Reynolds – Efficiency Evaluation
Jonathan Geoghegan – Crew Supervisor