List of Ireland women's national rugby union players

List of Ireland women's national rugby union players is a list of women who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team.

Note the list only includes women who have played in a Test match which only includes the matches listed in this page List of recognised Ireland test matches

This is an incomplete list as many teamsheets are not available for matches played prior to 2004.

denotes players currently active at national level.

Name	Number	Opponent	Date of debut	Caps
Aoife Rogers	1	Scotland	14 February 1993	^[1]
Annie Lees	2	Scotland	14 February 1993
Ceara McNaughton	3	Scotland	14 February 1993
Kim Donohoe	4	Scotland	14 February 1993
Cath Burgess	5	Scotland	14 February 1993
Joanne Moore	6	Scotland	14 February 1993
Clare Hoppe	7	Scotland	14 February 1993
Trina Watt	8	Scotland	14 February 1993
Zoe Fordham	9	Scotland	14 February 1993
Anne Parsons	10	Scotland	14 February 1993
Therese Kennedy	11	Scotland	14 February 1993
Kathryn Hennessey	12	Scotland	14 February 1993
Jill Henderson	13	Scotland	14 February 1993
Tanya Waters	14	Scotland	14 February 1993
Cath Mullalley	15	Scotland	14 February 1993
Deirdre Fitzgerald	16	Scotland	14 February 1993
Niki Ordman	17	Scotland	14 February 1993
Frances Doherty	18	Scotland	13 February 1994	^[2]
Siobhán Doherty	19	Scotland	13 February 1994
Vicky McDonnell	20	Scotland	13 February 1994
Raeltine Shrieves	21	Scotland	13 February 1994
Corrina Dwan	22	Scotland	13 February 1994
Sally Roycroft	23	Scotland	13 February 1994
Fiona Steed	24	Scotland	13 February 1994	62
Jill Scott	25	Scotland	13 February 1994
Trina Edgar	26	Wales	6 March 1994	^[3]
Angie Brew	27	Wales	6 March 1994
Deborah Byrne	28	Wales	6 March 1994
Elaine Collins	29	France	15 April 1994	^[4]
Rachel Meats	30	France	15 April 1994
Kate Abernethy	31	France	12 February 1994
Lorraine Noade	32	United States	17 April 1995	^[5]
1994		Scotland	20 April 1994	No teamsheet available
1994		Japan	23 April 1994	No teamsheet available
Kath Buckley			1994
Paula Keane			1994
Jacinta Gibbons			1994
Clare Wall			1994
Ruth McKeown		Scotland	12 February 1995	^[6]
Louise Monahan		Scotland	12 February 1995
Marie Kerrin		Scotland	12 February 1995
Carole Ann Byrne		France	5 March 1995	^[7]
Ciara Downes		France	5 March 1995
1995		Wales	19 March 1995	No teamsheet available ^[8]
Joanne Dwyer	44		1995
Nicki Milne	45		1995	21
1996		Scotland	21 January 1996	No teamsheet available
1996		Wales	3 March 1996	No teamsheet available
1996		England	17 March 1996	No teamsheet available ^[9]
Marie Myles	47		1996
Fiona McNicolas	48		1996
Joan Whiteside	49		1996
Nessa Campbell	50		1996
Moyna Richey	51		1996
Melanie Nash	52		1996
Therese Cosgrove	53		1996
Clara Heaton	54		1996
1997		8 Countries played		No teamsheet available
Cath Evans	55		1997
Sinead Cosgrave	56		1997
Marie Hayes	57		1997
Rachel Reid	58	Italy	4 April 1997
Siobhan O’Donovan	59		1997
Laura Nicholl	60		1997
Jacqui Horan	61		1997
Jackie O'Brien	62		1997
Joss Hanrahan	63		1997
Stephanie Dowling	64		1997
Helen Siwek	65		1997	15
Mary Grehan	66		1997
Rachel Currie	67		1997
Joy Sparkes	68		1997
Deborah Campbell	69		1997
1998		8 Countries played		No teamsheet available
Caroline Reid	70		1998	^[10]
Grainne Cross	71		1998
Joy Moore	72		1998
Aisling Dillon	73		1998
Ciara McConnell	74		1998
Olivia Brown	75		1998
Jean O'Gorman	76		1998
Fiona Devaney	77		1998
Sue Ramsbottom	78		1998
Niamh Collins	79		1998
Fiona Neary	80	Scotland	8 February 1998
Maura Coulter	81	Wales	22 March 1998	30 ^[11]
Anne-Marie McAllister	82	England	5 April 1998
Suzanne Fleming	83	England	5 April 1998
Elaine Witt	84		1998
1999		4 Countries played		No teamsheet available
Orla Lacey	85		1999
Aileen Galvin	86		1999
Anne O'Toole	87		1999
Toni Brennan	88		1999
Carmel Murphy	89	France	7 February 1999
Mary O'Loughlin	90	France	7 February 1999
Ruth Scott	91		1999
Judith Wilson	92		1999
Leonie Wallace	93	France	7 February 1999
Rochelle Howell	94	Wales	28 February 1999
Morag McGowan	95		1999
Emma Jeffreys	96		1999
Rose Gallagher	97		1999
Elimar Flynn	98	France	8 May 2000
Magali Dolo	99	France	8 May 2000
Sarahjane Belton	100	France	8 May 2000
Rachel Boyd	101	France	8 May 2000	^[12]
Celine Quinn	102	Kazakhstan	10 May 2000
2001		6 Countries played		No teamsheet available
Jolene Morton	103		2001
Jennifer O'Leary	104		2001
Karen McCarthy	105		2001
Yvonne Comer	106		2001
Edel Coen	107		2001
Patrique Kelly	108		2001
Bridget Montgomery	109		2001
Rosie Foley	110	Spain	3 February 2001
Maeve Quirke	111		2001
Karen Eagleson	112		2001
Rachel Tucker	113		2001
Ruth Burn	114		2001
Ciara O'Connell	115		2001
2001		Netherlands	16 February 2001	No teamsheet available
Louise Beamish	116	Wales*	3 February 2002	may have been capped before
Gillian McAllister	117	Wales*	3 February 2002	may have been capped before
Jean Lonergan	118	Wales*	3 February 2002	may have been capped before
Eryka Wessell	119	England	17 February 2002
Lynne Cantwell	120	England	17 February 2002	78
Joy Neville	121	Scotland	15 February 2003	70
Joanne O'Sullivan	122	Scotland	15 February 2003
Fiona Coghlan	123	Scotland	15 February 2003	85
Jen Leacy	124	Scotland	15 February 2003
Lesley Coulter	125	Scotland	15 February 2003
Nuala Ni Chaidhain	126	Scotland	15 February 2003
Amanda Greensmith	127	Scotland	15 February 2003
Serena Stirling	128	France	9 March 2003
Lynda Kelly	129	Wales	21 March 2003
2004		France	15 February 2004	No teamsheet available
Eimear O'Sullivan	130	Wales	21 February 2004
Tania Rosser	131	Wales	21 February 2004	58
Manuela McCarthy	132	Wales	21 February 2004
2004		England	6 March 2004	No teamsheet available
2004		Spain	20 March 2004	No teamsheet available
2004		Scotland	27 March 2004	No teamsheet available
2004		Wales	1 May 2004	No teamsheet available
2004		Italy	5 May 2004	No teamsheet available
2004		Spain	8 May 2004	No teamsheet available
Denise Tracey		Japan	14 November 2004
Germaine Healy		Japan	14 November 2004
Emma Stanley		Japan	14 November 2004
Grace Davitt		Spain	5 February 2005
Marie Barrett		Spain	5 February 2005
Orla Brennan		Spain	5 February 2005
Caroline Mahon		USA	25 January 2006
Sinead Ryan		USA	25 January 2006
Laura Guest		Spain	4 February 2006	39
Yvonne Nolan		Spain	4 February 2006
Jeanette Feighery		Canada	29 April 2006
Shannon Houston		France	31 August 2006
Mairead Kelly		South Africa	8 September 2006
Jess Limbert		Wales	3 February 2007
Debbie Clark		Wales	3 February 2007
Nicole Fitzgerald		England	25 February 2007
Gillian Bourke		Italy	1 February 2008	51
Kate O'Loughlin		Italy	1 February 2008
Louise Austin		Italy	1 February 2008
Amy Davis		Italy	1 February 2008
Niamh Briggs		Italy	1 February 2008	57+
Emer McManamly		Spain	17 May 2008
Jackie Shiels		England	20 May 2008	6
Carol Staunton		England	20 May 2008
Helen Brosnan		England	20 May 2008
Claire Molloy		France	6 February 2009	70
Lauren Day		Scotland	13 March 2009
Helen Jones		Scotland	13 March 2009
Nora Stapleton		Italy	5 February 2010	50
Alison Miller		Italy	5 February 2010
Chris Fanning		Italy	5 February 2010
Marie Louise Reilly		Italy	5 February 2010	54
Eliza Downey		Italy	5 February 2010
Geraldine Rae		Italy	6 February 2011
Stacey-Lea Kennedy		Italy	6 February 2011
Heather O'Brien		Italy	6 February 2011
Deirdre O'Brien		Italy	6 February 2011
Larissa Muldoon		Italy	6 February 2011	48
Gill Nolan		Italy	6 February 2011
Niamh Kavanagh		Wales	13 March 2011	15
Ailis Egan		Wales	13 March 2011	46
Sophie Spence		Wales	3 February 2012	36
Ashleigh Baxter		Wales	3 February 2012
Paula Fitzpatrick		Wales	3 February 2012
Ruth O'Reilly		Wales	3 February 2012	16
Nikki Caughey		Wales	3 February 2012
Jenny Murphy		France	11 February 2012
Fiona Hayes		England	9 February 2013	15
Leigh Dargan		England	9 February 2013
Hannah Casey		Scotland	31 January 2014
Orla Fitzsimons		Scotland	31 January 2014
Kerrie-Ann Craddock		Scotland	31 January 2014
Sharon Lynch		USA	1 August 2014
Vicki McGinn		USA	1 August 2014
Sarah Mimnagh		Italy	6 February 2015
Katie Norris		Italy	6 February 2015
Sene Naoupu		Italy	6 February 2015	40
Katie Fitzhenry		Italy	6 February 2015	14
Fiona O'Brien		Italy	6 February 2015	4
Hannah Tyrrell		Italy	6 February 2015	19
Aoife Doyle		France	13 February 2015	17
Jeamie Deacon		England	14 November 2015
Cliodhna Moloney		England	14 November 2015	45
Lindsay Peat		England	14 November 2015	33
Elise O'Byrne-White		Wales	6 February 2016
Aine Donnelly		Wales	6 February 2016
Mairead Coyne		Wales	6 February 2016
Zoe Grattage		Wales	6 February 2016
Fiona Reidy		Wales	6 February 2016
Ciara Cooney		Wales	6 February 2016	21
Ciara Griffin		Wales	6 February 2016	35
Mary Healy		Wales	6 February 2016
Kim Flood		Italy	13 March 2016
Liz Burke		Italy	13 March 2016
Elaine Anthony		Italy	13 March 2016
Claire McLaughlin		Italy	13 March 2016
Nicole Fowley		England	13 November 2016	15
Leah Lyons		England	13 November 2016	29
Chloe Pearse		England	13 November 2016	2
Nichola Fryday		Canada	19 November 2016	18
Anna Caplice		Canada	19 November 2016	14
Ailsa Hughes		Scotland	3 February 2017	12
Jennie Finlay		Scotland	3 February 2017
Ilse van Staden		Scotland	3 February 2017
Ciara O'Connor		Scotland	3 February 2017
Eimear Considine		Scotland	3 February 2017	18
Louise Galvin		France	26 February 2017
Nicole Cronin		Australia	9 August 2017
Megan Williams		France	3 February 2018
Laura Feely		France	3 February 2018	19
Edel McMahon		Italy	3 February 2018	34
Michelle Claffey		Italy	3 February 2018
Aoife McDermott		Wales	25 February 2018	19
Laura Sheehan		USA	18 November 2018	4
Lauren Delany		USA	18 November 2018	22
Emma Hooban		USA	18 November 2018	8
Beibhinn Parsons		USA	18 November 2018	28
Juliet Short		England	24 November 2018
Ellen Murphy		England	24 November 2018	7
Linda Djougang		England	1 February 2019	48
Anne-Marie O'Hora		England	1 February 2019
Kathryn Dane		England	1 February 2019	14
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird		Scotland	8 February 2019	11
Claire Boles		Scotland	8 February 2019	6
Enya Breen		France	9 March 2019	31
Judy Bobbett		Wales	10 November 2019	3
Victoria Dabanovich-O'Mahony		Wales	10 November 2019	3
Niamh Ní Dhroma		Wales	10 November 2019	1
Hannah O'Connor		Wales	10 November 2019	20
Claire Keohane		Wales	2 February 2020	3
Dorothy Wall		Wales	2 February 2020	37
Brittany Hogan		Italy	24 October 2020	34
Neve Jones		Italy	24 October 2020	37
Katie O'Dwyer		Italy	24 October 2020	12
Stacey Flood		Wales	10 April 2021	20
Eve Higgins		Wales	10 April 2021	28
Emily Lane		Wales	10 April 2021	17
Amee-Leigh Costigan (Murphy Crowe)		France	17 April 2021	19
Grace Moore		Italy	24 April 2021	22
Sam Monaghan		Spain	13 September 2021	23
Lucy Mulhall		Spain	13 September 2021	4
Maeve Óg O'Leary		United States	12 November 2021	5
Shannon Touhey		Japan	20 November 2021	1
Anna McGann		Wales	26 March 2022	11
Chloe Pearse		Wales	26 March 2022	5
Aoibheann Reilly		Wales	26 March 2022	16
Christy Haney		France	2 April 2022	24
Aoife Wafer		Italy	10 April 2022	15
Nicole Byrne		England	24 April 2022	1
Molly Scuffil-McCabe		England	24 April 2022	25
Nikki Caughey		Scotland	30 April 2022	1
Vicky A. Irwin		Scotland	30 April 2022	6
Natasja Behan		Japan	20 August 2022	10
Aoife Dalton		Japan	20 August 2022	24
Maebh Deely		Japan	20 August 2022	14
Dannah O'Brien		Japan	20 August 2022	26
Taryn Schutzler		Japan	20 August 2022	2
Leah Tarpey		Japan	20 August 2022	5
Joanna Brown		Japan	27 August 2022	3
Jess Keating		Japan	27 August 2022	1
Emma Tilly		Japan	27 August 2022	1
Sadhbh McGrath		Wales	25 March 2023	16
Niamh O'Dowd		Wales	25 March 2023	17
Kathryn Buggy		France	1 April 2023	4
Ciara Nielson		France	1 April 2023	5
Emma Swords		France	1 April 2023	1
Megan Collis		Kazakhstan	13 January 2023	1
Eimear Corri Fallon		Kazakhstan	13 January 2023	6
Sarh Delaney		Kazakhstan	13 January 2023	2
Clara Barrett		Colombia	21 October 2023	1
Fiona Tuite		Colombia	21/10/23	17
Katie Corrigan		Italy	31 March 2024	5
Shannon Ikahihifo		Wales	13 April 2024	3
Ruth Campbell		Australia	14 September 2024	8
Vicky Elmes Kinlan		Australia	14 September 2024	4
Erin King		Australia	14 September 2024	7
Siobhán McCarthy		Australia	14 September 2024	9
Andrea Stock		Canada	5 October 2024	2
Jane Clohessy		Scotland	26 April 2025	1
Aoife Corey		Scotland	26 April 2025	1
Nancy McGillivray		Scotland	2 August 2025	1
Ivana Kiripati		Scotland	2 August 2025	2
Ailish Quinn		Scotland	2 August 2025	1
Ellena Perry		Canada	9 August 2025	1

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[1] "Ireland and Scotland celebrate 25 years". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[2] Ireland Women 0-5 Scotland Women, Irish Rugby, retrieved 2 June 2025

[3] Ireland Women 3-20 Wales Women, Irish Rugby, retrieved 2 June 2025

[4] "Irish women go down to France", Irish Press' 16 April 1994

[5] "Irish ladies lose out", Irish Press, 18 April 1994

[6] Scotland Women 20-3 Ireland Women, retrieved 3 June 2025

[7] Ireland Women 10-39 France Women, Irish Rugby, retrieved 2 JUne 2025

[8] "[image]". www.rugbyrelics.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[9] "England's women triumphant". The Independent. 18 March 1996. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[10] Birch, John (1 May 1998). "Women's rugby: a newspaper history: World Cup: Home nations prepare". Womensrugbyhistory.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[11] "Maura Coulter Receives her Irish Rugby Cap | DCU". Dcu.ie. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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