Ireland’s Women have completed the hat trick of Irish success in the RBS 6 Nations Tournament by beating Italy Women 5 – 26 in their match this afternoon in Rovigo, Italy.
A first half “wonder try” from Niamh Kavanagh and a penalty from Niamh Briggs put Ireland into a slender 5 – 8 lead at the break.
Briggs landed a second penalty early in the second half and tries from Gill Bourke, Claire Molloy and Mairead Kelly was enough to see the Irish girls home with a degree of comfort.
We caught up with Ulster’s Lauren Day and Stacey Lea Kennedy on their return to Ulster to get their thoughts on the match.
Lauren Day played at tight head from the start and the experienced prop, now in her third season with Ireland, gave us her run down on the game and her thoughts on this weekends game against France:[su_quote . . .
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