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Fri 08 Aug 2010Raised up off the floor and aiming to raise the roof
WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP: JOHNNY WATTERSONtalks to Ireland women’s captain Fiona Coghlan about the changes on and off the pitch that have boosted the game here
TONIGHT THE Irish women’s rugby team will know precisely how far they have come in standard since the last World Cup four years ago in Edmonton. Since then the IRFU has taken the women’s game more protectively under its wing than it had done previously. From an affiliate of the IRFU, the team became full members three years ago and things have looked up.
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