Clara’s Aoife Dalton with the player of the match award after Ireland’s Six Nations win over Italy in May 2025. Clara's Aoife Dalton named in Irish Rugby training campClara's Aoife Dalton is named among a 37-player squad taking part in a three-day Irish Women's Rugby training camp ahead of the start of the Guinness Women's Six Nations in April. Aoife Dalton, who is only 22, won her 25th cap for Ireland when she made her Women's Rugby World Cup debut in their opening game against Japan at Frankin Garden's in Northampton last August, where they claimed an emphatic 42-14 win. The former Moate Community School student, who began her rugby career with Tullamore RFC, was named Rugby Players Ireland Women's Players’ Player of the Year for 2025 after a brilliant Six Nations tournament where she started all five games. The Round 5 encounter will be the first ever standalone Women’s international at the home of Irish Rugby, and ticket sales have already passed the 12,000 mark.

Source: Irish Independent January 13, 2026 13:04 UTC