Ireland sneak it in Dublin
Ireland beat Scotland 18-14, thanks in part to a brilliant length of the field intercept score from teenage wing Beibhinn Parsons.
Published by Alison Donnelly, February 2nd, 2020
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IRELAND WOMEN:Lauren Delany (Firwood Waterloo Ladies/IQ Rugby); Aoife Doyle (Railway Union/Munster), Sene Naoupu (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Michelle Claffey (Blackrock/Leinster), Beibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe/Connacht); Ellen Murphy (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby), Kathryn Dane (Old Belvedere/Ulster); Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Cliodhna Moloney (Wasps/IQ Rugby), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Aoife McDermott (Railway Union/Leinster), Nichola Fryday (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemians/Munster) (capt), Edel McMahon (Wasps/Connacht/IQ Rugby), Anna Caplice (Harlequins/IQ Rugby).
Replacements used:Victoria Dabanovich-O'Mahony (Old Belvedere/Leinster) for Moloney (27 mins), Dorothy Wall (Railway Union/Munster) for Griffin (half-time), Leah Lyons (Harlequins/IQ Rugby) for Djougang (55), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemians/Munster) for Dane (56), Laura Feely (Galwegians/Connacht) for Peat (57), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster) for McDermott, Claire Keohane (Railway Union/Munster) for Murphy (both 68), Djougang for McMahon (75). Not used: Laura Sheehan (UL Bohemians/Munster).
SCOTLAND WOMEN:Chloe Rollie (Harlequins); Rhona Lloyd (Loughborough Lightning), Hannah Smith (Watsonians), Lisa Thomson (Darlington Mowden Park), Megan Gaffney (Watsonians); Helen Nelson (Loughborough Lightning), Mairi McDonald (Hillhead Jordanhill); Leah Bartlett (Loughborough Lightning), Lana Skeldon (Darlington Mowden Park), Mairi Forsyth (Corstorphine Cougars), Emma Wassell (Corstorphine Cougars), Sarah Bonar (Loughborough Lightning), Rachel Malcolm (Loughborough Lightning) (capt), Rachel McLachlan (Darlington Mowden Park), Jade Konkel (Harlequins).
Replacements used:Sarah Law (Darlington Mowden Park) for Nelson (51 mins), Siobhan Cattigan (Stirling County) for McLachlan (56), Lisa Cockburn (Darlington Mowden Park) for Bartlett (62), Louise McMillan (Hillhead Jordanhill) for Malcolm (68), Evie Tonkin (Darlington Mowden Park) for Gaffney (70), Molly Wright (Watsonians) for Konkel (76). Not used: Panashe Muzambe (Edinburgh University/Watsonians), Alex Wallace (Harrogate RFC).
Referee:Aurélie Groizeleau (France)