Dara Smith-Naughton
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Podcast Appearances
Like a player like Anna McGann, if you had asked me, would Anna McGann three games in the tournament hasn't started a game, I wouldn't have believed you because she's one of our best players.
back three options and she's coming off the bench in this game, as is Eve Higgins, who I would have thought was an absolute cert starter in the midfield as well.
So we have options around the place, we've depth even on the other side of the wing as well with Bafin coming back into the team and in that four pack as well, Niamh Jones has often been a starter for Ireland over the last couple of seasons.
Meloni McDonald as well has come back into form, but Exeter as well.
So that's something that we haven't really had in the last while.
And to be honest, this is a really, really big chance.
We've never won in France.
We've never won in France.
And it's obviously, even for the might of an English team, it took them eight years to get a win in France.
So...
I think this is as good a chance as any.
It's a great time to play them as well.
Three games into the tournament.
It's funny you were saying, players that are coming back from injury, like Aaron King, are kind of warmed up now.
They're back into the groove of things.
And I really, really think this is a big day.
Or tomorrow could be a really, really big day for Irish rugby.
Should they go out and execute?
Yeah.
What's going to happen there?