Dorothy Wall sets World Cup target ahead of latest Six Nations campaign
“We’re going out to compete, so it’s not a development tournament for us, by any standard.” It tells you a lot about where the Ireland women’s rugby team is, right now, when 23-year-old Dorothy Wall is one of the most experienced players in their Six Nations squad. Wall made her 15s international debut in the […]
2 years ago
“Dorothy Wall, hands down… she’s a wrecking ball!”
“To score that many points, and keep Wales to ‘0’, was incredible.” The highest of praise went to Beibhinn Parsons, Eimear Considine and Hannah Tyrrell, after Ireland’s opening 2021 Six Nations win, but Dorothy Wall and her packmates sent out multiple statements of intent. Having been in and around the Irish squad in the build-up […]
5 years ago
Munster and Irish rugby almost lost out on one of their brightest stars
“Are you joking?! They would not come out and pass with me if their lives depended on it!” Dorothy Wall may come from a big rugby family, down in Tipperary, but she was often hard pressed to find someone to kick about with once she started to give the sport a serious go. Wall’s three […]
5 years ago
“One year I said, ‘Look Dad, I’ll be grand, I’ll get a good gum shield and fire away!'”
“The logistics of it are going through the IRFU, so we’re really leaving it up to them.” Before Dorothy Wall once again proved to be an impressive ‘finisher’, on Thursday, Ireland Women’s head coach Adam Griggs was eager to get on with the rugby after months upon months of trying to get Test matches back. Griggs […]
5 years ago