Ireland target Triple Crown following stunning victory

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Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 00:00

First published: Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 00:00

“Everything is looked after in those terms. We have nutritonists, match analysts and everything like that. With regards to the travel arrangements, we still felt we left the game after us,” the Meath native added.

They are making the headlines for all the right reasons in 2013, however, and with games against Scotland, France and Italy still to come, Reilly and her team are hopeful their dismantling of the English can be a stepping stone to something altogether more monumental.

“Definitely. A result like that is obviously headline-grabbing and will bring attention to the women’s game. I was speaking to other people in the crowd at the game, and I think there was nearly 1,500 people at the game”.

“For a lot of them, if it was their first ever game; they’d have realised the magnitude of the result.

“Irrespective of the scoreline, they were really taken aback by the tackling that was going in, the skills, and the speed. They was the three things they couldn’t get over at the end of the game.”

Ireland squad v England

15 Niamh Briggs

Age: 28. Height: 5ft 6in. Club: Munster/UL Bohemian. Caps: 27. Occupation: Garda.

14 Ashleigh Baxter

Age: 21. Height: 5ft 5in. Club: Ulster/Belfast Harlequins. Caps: 6. Occupation: Student.

13 Lynne Cantwell

Age: 31. Height: 5ft 3in. Club: Exiles/Richmond. Caps: 73. Occupation: Physiotherapist.

12 Jenny Murphy

Age: 23. Height: 5ft 9in. Club: Leinster/Old Belvedere. Caps: 5. Occupation: PE teacher.

11 Alison Miller

Age: 28. Height: 5ft 5in. Club: Connacht/Portlaoise. Caps: 3. Occupation: PE student.

10 Nora Stapleton

Age: 29. Height: 5ft 9in. Club: Leinster/Old Belvedere. Caps: 14. Occupation: GAA Promotional Officer

9 Larissa Muldoon

Age: 21. Height: 5ft 4in. Club: Exiles/UWIC. Caps: 11. Occupation: Student, Cardiff Metropolitan University. 1 Fiona Coghlan

Age: 31. Height: 5ft 9in. Club: Leinster/UL Bohemian. Caps: 65. Occupation: PE and Maths Teacher.

2 Gillian Bourke

Age: 28. Height: 5ft 5in. Club: Munster/UL Bohemian. Caps: 32. Occupation: Video Analyst.

3 Ailis Egan

Age: 29. Height: 5ft 8in. Club: Leinster/Old Belvedere. Caps: 8. Occupation: Fundraising Administrator, MS Ireland.

4 Sophie Spence

Age: 25. Height: 5ft11in. Club: Exiles/Mowden Park. Caps: 6. Occupation: Teacher.

5 Marie-Louise Reilly

Age: 32. Height: 6ft 4In. Club: Leinster/Old Belvedere. Caps: 21. Occupation: Sports Development Officer, Dublin City Council.

6 Siobhan Fleming

Age: 31. Height: 5ft 10in. Club: Munster/Tralee. Caps: 6. Occupation: Special Needs Assistant.

7 Claire Molloy

Age: 24. Height: 5ft 5in. Club: Exiles/Bristol. Caps: 22. Occupation: Medical student, Cardiff University.

8 Joy Neville

Age: 29. Height: 5ft 9in. Club: Munster/UL Bohemian. Caps: 65. Occupation: Student Development Officer, LIT.

16 Stacey-Lee Kennedy

Age: 26. Height: 5ft 4in. Club: Ulster/City of Derry. Caps: 5. Occupation: Customer support agent, Sky Ireland.

17 Fiona Hayes

Age: 30. Height: 5ft 6in. Club: Munster/UL Bohemian. Caps: 1. Occupation: Youth worker.

18 Lauren Day

Age: 27. Height: 5ft 9in. Club: Exiles/Waterloo. Caps: 18. Occupation: Teacher.

19 Leigh Dargan

Age: 31. Height: 5ft 10in. Club: Exiles/Saracens. Caps: 31. Occupation: Regional Business Manager.

20 Laura Guest

Age: 27. Height: 5ft 8in. Club: Munster/Highfield. Caps: 27. Occupation: Secondary School Teacher.

21 Amy Davis

Age: 27. Height: 5ft 5in. Club: Ulster/Blackrock. Caps: 26. Occupation: Strength Conditioning Coach.

22 Grace Davitt

Age: 30. Height: 5ft 3in. Club: Ulster/Cooke. Caps: 43. Occupation: Maintenance Technician, Belfast Docks.

23 Niamh Kavanagh

Age: 25. Height: 5ft 10in. Club: Munster/UL Bohs. Caps: 11. Occupation: Student Union president, LIT.

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Ireland target Triple Crown following stunning victory

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