Aoife Doyle pictured in training in Japan this week. Image: ©IRFU/Ryan Bailey Aoife Doyle pictured in training in Japan this week. Image: ©IRFU/Ryan Bailey A RENDITION OF ‘Happy Birthday’ can be vaguely heard in the background of the Ireland women’s rugby team announcement press conference from Japan, giving Greg McWilliams a laugh.
Doyle, best known for her exploits with the Sevens through the years, has just 10 caps to her name, but, quite incredibly, is one of the most experienced backs in Saturday’s XV. No, I certainly didn’t. Although I’ve been around for years, I obviously went in between the two programmes… I’m a veteran, but in terms of caps, I’m definitely not.
Obviously for me Niamh Briggs was a role model when I began playing and she was the full-back when I was the winger at the time. We had a really good relationship on the pitch and off the pitch. As she transformed to a coaching role with me now, that’s something I’d like to do with the younger girls coming in as well. “I know exactly how they’re feeling. I know exactly how they would have been feeling the first week coming into this environment.
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