Ireland Women's captain Ciara
Griffin is hopeful her side can
use the upcoming Six Nations
clashes with Italy and France
as a launchpad for their crunch
Rugby World Cup qualifiers in
December.
Adam Griggs' charges are third
in the table with two wins
from the three games, ahead
of the resumption of their
Championship campaign at
home to Italy at Energia Park on
Saturday (kick-off 6.30pm).
A trip to Stadium Lille-Métropole
for a final-round encounter
with France follows eight days
later, before attention switches
to their main objective for
2020 - securing a spot at next
year's Rugby World Cup in New
Zealand.
On the road to that critical phase
in the team's development,
Ireland will be aiming to make
it three home Six Nations wins
on the bounce, following their
earlier successes over Scotland
and Wales in the spring.
Griffin insisted: "We want to win
three home matches so we want
to win next weekend - that's the
bottom line really. These are two
really important matches leading
up to December for us as well.
We have to take every
opportunity we can to keep those
performances up. Keep working
DRIVING
THE
STANDARD
ABOVE
Ireland captain Ciara Griffin
speaks to her players before they
run out against Wales at Energia
Park back in February
IT HAS BEEN
GREAT TO SEE
YOUNG PLAYERS
COMING UP INTO
THE FOLD AND
PUTTING THEIR
HAND UP
10 IRFU OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME
