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30/07/2025

🗣️ ''Definitely not ruled out of the World Cup"

🗣️ "We're quite confident that she will play"

After a late injury to Ireland's Aoife Wafer, Irish coaches say they are confident she will still play a part in this year's Women's Rugby World Cup 🚨

Susanna Mollen takes you through the news coming out of the IRFU high performance centre earlier today.

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30/07/2025

🗣️ ‘We need academies!'

🗣️ 'I don't think we are ever going to progress unless we get that structure in!'

Olivia O'Toole believes we have not done enough to capitalise on the buzz and success of qualifying for the last World Cup to promote women's football. | ⚽️

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30/07/2025

🗣️ ‘I wanted to stand up and be proud for my national anthem!'

It was Sonia O'Sullivan that inspired Olivia O'Toole to want to play any sport she could for Ireland, but she was even more emotional when she did it playing the sport that she loved! | 🇮🇪

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30/07/2025

🗣️ 'When you're an exceptionally dominant player, sometimes you actually get penalised!'

Fiona Hayes breaks down the work that Andrew Porter has done to change the perceptions many referees had of his scrummaging over the past few years. | 🏉

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30/07/2025

🗣️ 'You have to educate the parents as much as the players...'

🗣️ 'He'd only take the first bite of the burger, and the first sip of the coke, and Colm arrived and threw them both in the bin!'

Being in the Shelbourne academy means following a strict diet, however as John Moore reveals, it's not always up to the players! | 🥣

30/07/2025

🗣️ 'Do I have a problem with playing Shamrock Rovers or Pat's 12 times in a season? Absolutely not, if the games are competitive!'

While the number of games can increase, Shelbourne academy's Colm Barron and John Moore feel the country's academies will benefit from more competitive games, regardless of who it is against! | ⚽️

30/07/2025

🗣️ 'Someone like Mack Hansen, I think he'll light it up!'

🗣️ 'I'd love to see even Tadhg Beirne go into that second row...'

With Joe McCarthy and Mack Hansen both available, Fiona Hayes feels there will be a few changes for the third test, but mostly in the back three! | 🦁

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30/07/2025

🗣"We're the old guys down at Electric Picnic."

🗣"I don't think you can put me in the same category as you."

Nathan Murphy and Eoin Sheahan have 𝐁𝐈𝐆 plans at All Together Now this weekend.

🗣"Fairly raucous. Out of hand."

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30/07/2025

🗣️ 'You can then talk to the player about the things we probably annoy them about on a weekly basis...'

🗣️ 'We would always see a kick on then for two or three weeks...'

Shelbourne's Colm Barron and John Moore explain what their teams get from going to European tournaments and 'getting their arses handed to them' by super clubs. | ⚽️

30/07/2025

🗣️ 'Can one of our players, if he was wearing a Real Madrid kit, look like he can play in that team?'

🗣️ 'How often are you saying, 'yes'?'

🗣️ 'Rarely!'

Shelbourne academy director Colm Barron sums up the gap between some of the super club academies in Europe, and those at home. | ⚽️

30/07/2025

🗣️ 'I headed the ball, but I also got the player!'

🗣️ 'His nose busted... they pointed out: she's a girl!'

Olivia O'Toole reflects on her final game playing with boys, before being forced to find a girls team to play for! | ⚽️

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30/07/2025

🗣️ "It was never spoken about.. the press don't like us"

🗣️ "We didn't concede goals.. until we got to the Euros 😅"

Glenn Whelan and Richard Dunne reflect on the Trapattoni 'era' of Irish football and the criticism the team received for their defensive style of play.

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