Moyles and Searle get provincial call ups
Navan RFC Senior Women's player Rosie Searle has been named by the Connacht Women management team in their 38-player squad for the 2024 Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship, which kicks off this weekend.
Searle who studies in Galway University was not only part of our Women's 1st XV squad which won a Leinster League Division 3 & Paul Cusack Cup double last season, but she also took part in the IRFU's University 7's tournament held last spring with Galway University.
The Connacht Women's team begin their interpro campaign on Saturday away to Leinster at Energia Park (KO 4:45pm).
CONNACHT RUGBY WOMEN’S SQUAD 2024
Forwards (21)
Jemima Adams Verling
Lily Brady
Grace Browne Moran
Ella Burns
Megan Collis
Ellen Connolly
Orla Fenton
Poppy Garvey
Beibhinn Gleeson
Stacy Hanley
Ivana Kiripati
Hope Lowney
Faith Oviawe
Roisín Maher
Eva McCormack
Sarah McCormick
Edel McMahon
Ailish Quinn
Lesley Ring
Rosie Searle
Karly Tierney
Backs (17)
Clara Barrett
Molly Boote
Hannah Clarke
Abigael Connon
Meabh Deeley
Orla Dixon
Gemma Faulkner
Emily Foley
Nicole Fowley (JC)
May Goulding
Laoise McGonagle
Grainne Moran
Aifric Ni Ghibne
Eabha Nic Dhonnacha
Sarah Purcell
Ava Ryder (VC)
Shannon Touhey (JC)
Management Team
Emer O’Dowd – Head Coach
Jill O’Malley – Team Manager
Gavin Duffy – Skills Coach
Tommy Ellard – Defence Coach
Doron McHugh – Scrum Coach
Alison Miller – Backs Coach
Lisa Ryan – High Performance Coach
Ann Caffrey – WNTS Athletic Performance Coach
Ciaran Gleeson – Athletic Performance Intern
Emma Finnegan – Strength & Conditioning
Caileen Meehan – Physiotherapy
Evan Gannon – Video Analysis
ABBEY MOYLES
Former Navan RFC Youths Player Abby Moyles has been named by Ulster Senior Women's Head Coach, Murray Houston in their squad for the upcoming 2024/25 Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship.
This is the second year of Moyles involvement in the Ulster Senior Women's team and follows on from their involvement on the "Wolfhounds" (Leinster/Ulster) team that completed in last years Celtic Challenge competition and also being in the inaugural Irish Women's Under 20 squad.
Ulster Senior Women's Squad 2024/25
Forwards
Aishling O'Connell
Ava Fannin
Brenda Barr
Brittany Hogan
Bronach Cassidy
Cara O'Kane *
Christy Hill *
Ellen Madden
Ellen Patterson *
Fiona Tuite
Gemma McCamley
India Daley
Lila O'Molloy *
Maebh Clenaghan *
Megan Brodie
Megan Simpson
Moya Hill *
Ruby Starrett*
Sarah Murphy *
Sophie Barrett
Stacey Sloan
Backs
Abby Moyles
Catherine Martin
Kat Dane*
Kelly McCormill
Lauren Patterson *
Lauren Farrell-McCabe *
Lucy Thompson
Megan Edwards
Paige Smyth *
Peita McAlister
Rachael McIlroy
Sophie Meeke *
Tara O'Neill *
Vicky Irwin *
*denotes new admission into Senior Women's squad for 2024/25.