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It was never a case of if Niamh O’Dowd would one day play in Premiership Women’s Rugby. It was a case of when.
Ireland Women face off against Italy Women in Womens Six Nations Round 3 on Sun 10th April 2022 at Virgin Media Park. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 17:00. In South Africa it’s at 18:00 SAST, 04:00 NZST in New Zealand, 02:00 AEST in Australia and 09:00 EST in the US.
Ireland Women won the last encounter but Italy Women are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 4 places in the rankings with Ireland Women in position 5 and Italy Women in position 9, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Ireland Women vs Italy Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Ireland are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Katie O'Dwyer picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Melissa Bettoni scores the try from close range.
Aoife Wafer (Ireland) is shown a yellow card
Nicole Cronin adds the two points for Ireland.
A clever kick there by Ireland allows Eve Higgins to collect the ball and touch down for the try.
The Ireland maul pushes over the tryline as Neve Jones scores.
Elisa Giordano (Italy) is shown a yellow card
A wonderful passing move by Ireland is finished off by Lucy Mulhall
Beatrice Rigoni has kicked a penalty goal.