Munster U18 Girls Team Named For Connacht Clash
10th February 2023 By The Editor
Katie Hehir in action for Ardscoil Mhuire in last season's inaugural Munster Girls Schools Junior Cup final ©INPHO
The Munster U18 Girls team to face Connacht on Sunday in the Interprovincial Series has been named by Head Coach Ken Imbusch.
The side includes Beth Buttimer and Rebecca Rogers who both played for Ireland during last year’s U18 Six Nations Festival. Buttimer and Caitriona Finn,who starts at out-half, were also involved for Ireland during last year’s Rugby Europe U18 Women’s 7s Championships in Prague.
These interprovincial fixtures will act as preparation for the upcoming U18 Women’s Six Nations Festival which will take place in April.
29 players across 14 clubs have been selected for Munster’s overall squad which you can find here.
Munster Women’s Development Officer Ken Imbusch is Head Coach while Assistant Coaches include Willie Shubart, Brian O’Dowd and Emmett O’Callaghan with Rosemary Dillon the Team Manager.
Munster will play Connacht this Sunday in the IRFU’s High Performance Centre before taking on Leinster in Terenure College RFC next Thursday.
Munster U18 Girls Team
1. Niamh McCarthy (Bantry Bay RFC)
2. Emma Dunican (Tralee RFC)
3. Tuathla Ryan (Ballina-Killaloe RFC)
4. Amelia Greene (Carrick On Suir RFC)
5. Aoibheann McGrath (Dungarvan RFC)
6. Saskia Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC) (co-captain)
7. Clodagh O’Keeffe (Ballincollig RFC)
8. Beth Buttimer (Fethard RFC)
9. Rebecca Rogers (Ballina-Killaloe RFC)
10. Caitriona Finn (UL Bohemian RFC / Ballina-Killaloe RFC) (co-captain)
11. Siobhán O’Callaghan (Ballincollig RFC)
12. Gráinne Burke (Ennis RFC)
13. Lyndsay Clarke (Ennis RFC)
14. Katie Hehir (Shannon RFC)
15. Órna Moynihan (Ennis RFC)
Replacements:
16. Ava O’Malley (Killarney RFC)
17. Sofia Carty (Dolphin RFC)
18. Lily Morris (Killarney RFC)
19. Sadie Murphy (Ballincollig RFC)
20. Ella Buckley (Kanturk RFC / Ballincollig RFC)
21. Grace Dillon (Shannon RFC)
22. Megan Crilly (Dolphin RFC)
23. Fia Whelan (Killorglin RFC / Killarney RFC)
2023 U18 Girls Development Interprovincial Fixtures
Sunday, 12 February 2023:
Leinster v Ulster, HPC, kick off 1.30pm
Munster v Connacht, HPC, 1.30pm
Thursday, 16 February 2023:
Leinster v Munster, Terenure College RFC, kick off 1.30pm
Ulster v Connacht, Terenure College RFC, kick off 1.30pm
