Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Kicking on is hard to do – Women’s rugby facing familiar challenges as it looks to build on 2025 success
Ireland head coach Scott Bemand and Grace Moore before the Rugby World Cup 2025 Pool C clash with New Zealand at Brighton and Hove Community Stadium last September. Photo: Harry Murphy/SportsfileIreland’s women walked away from the 2025 Rugby World Cup with their pride restored.Having infamously missed out on a place at the previous edition, they’d built a team capable of taking a quarter-final to the wire and could even point to a controversial decision as a reason as to why they’d come up short against France.
