So What’s Wrong With Women’s Rugby in Ireland Why It Is This Way A 🧵 of 🧵 👇

Our line up to face New Zealand in Brighton! 🟢 #IrishRugby

What starts as a radical idea often becomes common sense If same employer, same team names, same comps Same work But women paid less? When in EU And receive funding from state & corporate When both have already intervened in women’s rugby Mmmm… https://t.co/rFoH7ZRiL9

Replicating a men’s model for women’s rugby will blow up men’s rugby An employer paying different wages for the same job solely based on sex is… brave Franchise model is correct Not sure if I was on the board of these private companies that this ‘invitation’ would entice me…

Eileen Gleeson may be the first but she definitely will not be the last…

QF secured! ✅ #WeAreIreland

Interpros for years was bedblocking by retired internationals with little development of young players The easy answer is simply pick from the AIL clubs Kudos to Ben, Matt & the team These players - and Irish rugby - will be better for their work & these debuts 👏👏👏

Spoke with a Belgian athlete this week exploring residency for 6N Spain are quality also excluded Understand why the 6N unions want to protect their M6N cash But imposing a 150-year-old men’s model will choke the women’s game growth Need true inclusion & thinking bigger

Two very different restart approaches Canada spread to cover the field with individual responsibility & outcome in mind England use a traditional men’s setup with 4 single-lift pods, seems more process than result Which is the better fit against women’s game kickoffs? IMHO 🇨🇦

How would you coach women’s rugby if you never saw a game of men’s? This is the start of something new The women’s game evolving on its own terms - like how men’s & women’s tennis diverged Unique athletic profiles, rising skill levels & multi-sport pathways will drive it

Season recap & WC updates 🏉

A good day back on the world stage! 🌎 #WeAreIreland

✅ Representation, a voice & being listened to ✅ Periodised multiyear training plan ✅ 1 coaching team v 5 coaching teams ✅ Coherent competition structures ✅ Training where live & no massive commutes ✅ Care ✅ Ability to get better ✅ Maintain career ❌ Not money

It’s hard, it’s uncomfortable You’re vulnerable, anxious, frustrated We bring our athletes there, they all feel it, they all fail but we come out of it together Great athletes never leave the pit Aways revisiting & not afraid of the truth Always learning Like Molly 💪

This is ��the pit’ A play on Dunning-Kruger Really important with female athletes Studied show men overestimate themselves 30%, women by only 15% Women are harder on selves The athlete needs to understand they have to go into the pit to develop There’s no hiding from it

The only way this possibly sells is a Premiership move - men & women URC is unloved in Wales - two new franchises is a death knell Prems need more fixtures for financial viability WRU knows this so prob a done deal Irish men’s rugby be grand Irish women’s? That’s the worry

Met newly married couple Ireland hooker Clíodhna Moloney & England winger Claudia MacDonald to talk about what it took to get to the upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup. They’ll have Moloney-MacDonald on the back of their Ireland & England jerseys.

I must have watched this ten times now, it’s funny how a video like this can give you a greater sense of connection with a group. I want them to perform so bad, but that has intensified ten fold since yesterday. Very excited to see how they go!

The IRFU deserve so much credit for the tone and style of social media content they’ve put out today A focus on the individual background and story, adding emotion and tugging on the heartstrings Honestly roll on the World Cup right now ☘️

📢IRELAND SQUAD ANNOUCEMENT Some dream in black and white, some dream in colour. We Dream In Green. Here's the Ireland squad presented by @Aon_plc #GreenWave

@JC200022 All here… https://t.co/AfNOESJ48a