Sinead Kissane

But there's always that element of just how match-ready the Irish-based players will be for that Celtic challenge.

I watched that final on the streaming service there a few weekends ago.

Look, it's really hard to tell.

Obviously, it was just Irish players, two Irish teams playing against each other.

But that's why I think the training sessions, I was on my way into the indoor pitch there earlier and

I bumped into one of the players and, you know, they, she said, yeah, as I said earlier, that the training session they had was really intense because they need to be match ready for this one.

I mean, you know, they've got to hit the ground running.

So that certainly would have been something in the past.

How good is the Celtic challenge really to get Irish and home-based players ready?

My God, it doesn't get any bigger than facing the World Cup champions.

I think she just represented, as Scott Beeman said when she was announced, you know, everything good about what a pro player, an elite player should be for Irish women's rugby.

And there's no doubt that Erin just brings something.

I mean, as soon as she made her breakthrough year, my God, she was just, you know, she just slipped right into it and certainly didn't look like a player who had only played

Like three, three 15s games when she switched over from the Paris, from the seven side after the Paris Olympics.

So I think as well, you know, I was just talking to some of the players today as well.

Like they speak so highly of her, but she will have an incredible amount of leadership around her as well, which I think is really important.

She's very much as well, you know, a pick for the future as well.

But like there's incredible leaders around there now as well.

You know, Sam Monaghan is still there.

Obviously Adele, unfortunately missing.