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List of Ireland women's national rugby union players

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List of Ireland women's national rugby union players is a list of women who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team.

Note the list only includes women who have played in a Test match which only includes the matches listed in this page List of recognised Ireland test matches

This is an incomplete list as many teamsheets are not available for matches played prior to 2004.

Name Number Opponent Date of debut Caps
Aoife Rogers 1 Scotland 14/02/1993 [1]
Annie Lees 2 Scotland 14/02/1993
Ceara McNaughton 3 Scotland 14/02/1993
Kim Donohoe 4 Scotland 14/02/1993
Cath Burgess 5 Scotland 14/02/1993
Joanne Moore 6 Scotland 14/02/1993
Clare Hoppe 7 Scotland 14/02/1993
Trina Watt 8 Scotland 14/02/1993
Zoe Fordham 9 Scotland 14/02/1993
Anne Parsons 10 Scotland 14/02/1993
Therese Kennedy 11 Scotland 14/02/1993
Kathryn Henessey 12 Scotland 14/02/1993
Jill Henderson 13 Scotland 14/02/1993
Tanya Waters 14 Scotland 14/02/1993
Cath Mullalley 15 Scotland 14/02/1993
Diane Nixon 16 Scotland 14/02/1993
Eileen McGrann 17 Scotland 14/02/1993
Deirdre Fitzgerald 18 Scotland 14/02/1993
Niki Ordman 19 Scotland 14/02/1993
Una Lavery 20 Scotland 14/02/1993
Orla Byrne 21 Scotland 14/02/1993
1994 Scotland 13/02/1994 No teamsheet available
1994 France 15/04/1994 No teamsheet available [2]
1994 United States 17/04/1994 No teamsheet available
1994 Scotland 20/04/1994 No teamsheet available
1994 Japan 23/04/1994 No teamsheet available
Deborah Byrne 22 1994
Kath Buckley 23 1994
Lorraine Noade 24 1994
Rachel Meats 25 1994
Elaine Collins 26 France 15/04/1994
Vicki McDonnell 27 1994
Kate Abernethy 28 1994
Angie Brew 29 1994
Paula Keane 30 1994
Siobhan Doherty 31 1994
Frances Doherty 32 1994
Jill Scott 33 1994
Fiona Steed 34 Scotland 13/02/1994 62
Corinna Dwan 35 1994
Jacinta Gibbons 36 1994
Sally Roycroft 37 1994
Clare Wall 38 1994
Raeltine Shrieves 39 1994
1995 Scotland 20/02/1995 No teamsheet available
1995 France 05/03/1995 No teamsheet available
1995 Wales 19/03/1995 No teamsheet available [3]
Carole Ann Byrne 40 1995
Ciara Downes 41 1995
Ruth McKeown 42 1995
Maire Kerrin 43 1995
Joanne Dwyer 44 1995
Nicki Milne 45 1995 21
Louise Monahan 46 1995
1996 Scotland 21/01/1996 No teamsheet available
1996 Wales 03/03/1996 No teamsheet available
1996 England 17/03/1996 No teamsheet available [4]
Marie Myles 47 1996
Fiona McNicolas 48 1996
Joan Whiteside 49 1996
Nessa Campbell 50 1996
Moyna Richey 51 1996
Melanie Nash 52 1996
Therese Cosgrove 53 1996
Clara Heaton 54 1996
1997 8 Countries played No teamsheet available
Cath Evans 55 1997
Sinead Cosgrave 56 1997
Marie Hayes 57 1997
Rachel Reid 58 Italy 04/04/1997
Siobhan O’Donovan 59 1997
Laura Nicholl 60 1997
Jacqui Horan 61 1997
Jackie O’Brien 62 1997
Joss Hanrahan 63 1997
Stephanie Dowling 64 1997
Helen Siwek 65 1997 15
Mary Grehan 66 1997
Rachel Currie 67 1997
Joy Sparkes 68 1997
Deborah Campbell 69 1997
1998 8 Countries played No teamsheet available
Caroline Reid 70 1998 [5]
Grainne Cross 71 1998
Joy Moore 72 1998
Aisling Dillon 73 1998
Ciara McConnell 74 1998
Olivia Brown 75 1998
Jean O’Gorman 76 1998
Fiona Devaney 77 1998
Sue Ramsbottom 78 1998
Niamh Collins 79 1998
Fiona Neary 80 Scotland 08/02/1998
Maura Coulter 81 Wales 22/03/1998 30 [6]
Anne-Marie McAllister 82 England 05/04/1998
Suzanne Fleming 83 England 05/04/1998
Elaine Witt 84 1998
1999 4 Countries played No teamsheet available
Orla Lacey 85 1999
Aileen Galvin 86 1999
Anne O’Toole 87 1999
Toni Brennan 88 1999
Carmel Murphy 89 France 07/02/1999
Mary O’Loughlin 90 France 07/02/1999
Ruth Scott 91 1999
Judith Wilson 92 1999
Leonie Wallace 93 France 07/02/1999
Rochelle Howell 94 Wales 28/02/1999
Morag McGowan 95 1999
Emma Jeffreys 96 1999
Rose Gallagher 97 1999
Elimar Flynn 98 France 08/05/2000
Magali Dolo 99 France 08/05/2000
Sarahjane Belton 100 France 08/05/2000
Rachel Boyd 101 France 08/05/2000 [7]
Celine Quinn 102 Kazakhstan 10/05/2000
2001 6 Countries played No teamsheet available
Jolene Morton 103 2001
Jennifer O'Leary 104 2001
Karen McCarthy 105 2001
Yvonne Comer 106 2001
Edel Coen 107 2001
Patrique Kelly 108 2001
Bridget Montgomery 109 2001
Rosie Foley 110 Spain 03/02/2001
Maeve Quirke 111 2001
Karen Eagleson 112 2001
Rachel Tucker 113 2001
Ruth Burn 114 2001
Ciara O'Connell 115 2001
2001 Netherlands 16/02/2001 No teamsheet available
Louise Beamish 116 Wales* 03/02/2002 may have been capped before
Gillian McAllister 117 Wales* 03/02/2002 may have been capped before
Jean Lonergan 118 Wales* 03/02/2002 may have been capped before
Eryka Wessell 119 England 17/02/2002
Lynne Cantwell 120 England 17/02/2002 78
Joy Neville 121 Scotland 15/02/2003
Joanne O'Sullivan 122 Scotland 15/02/2003
Fiona Coghlan 123 Scotland 15/02/2003
Jen Leacy 124 Scotland 15/02/2003
Lesley Coulter 125 Scotland 15/02/2003
Nuala Ni Chaidhain 126 Scotland 15/02/2003
Amanda Greensmith 127 Scotland 15/02/2003
Serena Stirling 128 France 09/03/2003
Lynda Kelly 129 Wales 21/03/2003
2004 France 15/02/2004 No teamsheet available
Eimear O'Sullivan 130 Wales 21/02/2004
Tania Rosser 131 Wales 21/02/2004 58
Manuela McCarthy 132 Wales 21/02/2004
2004 England 06/03/2004 No teamsheet available
2004 Spain 20/03/2004 No teamsheet available
2004 Scotland 27/03/2004 No teamsheet available
2004 Wales 01/05/2004 No teamsheet available
2004 Italy 05/05/2004 No teamsheet available
2004 Spain 08/05/2004 No teamsheet available
Denise Tracey Japan 14/11/2004
Germaine Healy Japan 14/11/2004
Emma Stanley Japan 14/11/2004
Grace Davitt Spain 05/02/2005
Marie Barrett Spain 05/02/2005
Orla Brennan Spain 05/02/2005
Caroline Mahon USA 25/01/2006
Sinead Ryan USA 25/01/2006
Laura Guest Spain 04/02/2006
Yvonne Nolan Spain 04/02/2006
Jeanette Feighery Canada 29/04/2006
Shannon Houston France 31/08/2006
Mairead Kelly South Africa 08/09/2006
Jess Limbert Wales 03/02/2007
Debbie Clark Wales 03/02/2007
Nicole Fitzgerald England 25/02/2007
Gillian Bourke Italy 01/02/2008
Kate O'Loughlin Italy 01/02/2008
Louise Austin Italy 01/02/2008
Amy Davis Italy 01/02/2008
Niamh Briggs Italy 01/02/2008
Emer McManamly Spain 17/05/2008
Jackie Shiels England 20/05/2008 6
Carol Staunton England 20/05/2008
Helen Brosnan England 20/05/2008
Claire Molloy France 06/02/2009
Lauren Day Scotland 13/03/2009
Helen Jones Scotland 13/03/2009
Nora Stapleton Italy 05/02/2010
Alison Miller Italy 05/02/2010
Chris Fanning Italy 05/02/2010
Marie Louise Reilly Italy 05/02/2010
Eliza Downey Italy 05/02/2010
Geraldine Rae Italy 06/02/2011
Stacey-Lea Kennedy Italy 06/02/2011
Heather O'Brien Italy 06/02/2011
Deirdre O'Brien Italy 06/02/2011
Larissa Muldoon Italy 06/02/2011
Gill Nolan Italy 06/02/2011
Niamh Kavanagh Wales 13/03/2011
Ailis Egan Wales 13/03/2011 46
Sophie Spence Wales 03/02/2012 36
Ashleigh Baxter Wales 03/02/2012
Paula Fitzpatrick Wales 03/02/2012
Ruth O'Reilly Wales 03/02/2012 16
Nikki Caughey Wales 03/02/2012
Jenny Murphy France 11/02/2012
Fiona Hayes England 09/02/2013 15
Leigh Dargan England 09/02/2013
Hannah Casey Scotland 31/01/2014
Orla Fitzsimons Scotland 31/01/2014
Kerrie-Ann Craddock Scotland 31/01/2014
Sharon Lynch USA 01/08/2014
Vicki McGinn USA 01/08/2014
Sarah Mimnagh Italy 06/02/2015
Katie Norris Italy 06/02/2015
Sene Naoupu Italy 06/02/2015
Katie Fitzhenry Italy 06/02/2015
Fiona O'Brien Italy 06/02/2015 4
Hannah Tyrrell Italy 06/02/2015
Aoife Doyle France 13/02/2015
Jeamie Deacon England 14/11/2015
Cliodhna Moloney England 14/11/2015
Lindsay Peat England 14/11/2015
Elise O'Byrne-White Wales 06/02/2016
Aine Donnelly Wales 06/02/2016
Mairead Coyne Wales 06/02/2016
Zoe Grattage Wales 06/02/2016
Fiona Reidy Wales 06/02/2016
Ciara Cooney Wales 06/02/2016
Ciara Griffin Wales 06/02/2016
Mary Healy Wales 06/02/2016
Kim Flood Italy 13/03/2016
Liz Burke Italy 13/03/2016
Elaine Anthony Italy 13/03/2016
Claire McLaughlin Italy 13/03/2016
Nicole Fowley England 13/11/2016
Leah Lyons England 13/11/2016
Chloe Pearse England 13/11/2016
Nichola Fryday Canada 19/11/2016
Anna Caplice Canada 19/11/2016
Ailsa Hughes Scotland 03/02/2017
Jennie Finlay Scotland 03/02/2017
Ilse van Staden Scotland 03/02/2017
Ciara O'Connor Scotland 03/02/2017
Eimear Considine Scotland 03/02/2017
Louise Galvin France 26/02/2017
Nicole Cronin Australia 09/08/2017
Megan Williams France 03/02/2018
Laura Feely France 03/02/2018
Edel McMahon Italy 03/02/2018
Michelle Claffey Italy 03/02/2018
Aoife McDermott Wales 25/02/2018
Laura Sheehan USA 18/11/2018
Lauren Delany USA 18/11/2018
Emma Hooban USA 18/11/2018
Beibhinn Parsons USA 18/11/2018
Juliet Short England 24/11/2018
Ellen Murphy England 24/11/2018
Linda Djougang England 01/02/2019
Anne-Marie O'Hora England 01/02/2019
Kathryn Dane England 01/02/2019
Deirbhile Nic a Bharid Scotland 08/02/2019
Claire Boles Scotland 08/02/2019
Enya Breen France 09/03/2019

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