Ballybofey’s Laura Feely has been included in a 29-strong Ireland women’s rugby squad for next month’s two-match Test series in Japan.
Ireland will play the Japanese in Shizuoka on Saturday, August 20th – and then in Tokyo on August 27th.
Riverstown’s Aoife McDermot, who has been part of the national team’s summer programme, is not named in the squad for this particular tour.
The Ireland squad for Japan in full is as follows:
Backs
Ailsa Hughes (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Aoife Dalton (Tullamore RFC/Leinster)
Aoife Doyle (Railway Union RFC/Munster)
Dannah O’Brien (Tullow RFC/Leinster)
Emma Tilly (MU Barnhall RFC/Leinster)
Enya Breen (TBC/Munster)
Kayla Waldron (Hamilton Hawks/IQ Rugby)
Lauren Delany (Sale Sharks/IQ Rugby)
Leah Tarpey (Tullamore RFC/Leinster)
Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Natasja Behan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)
Forwards
Chloe Pearse (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)
Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Clara Nielson (Exeter Chiefs/IQ Rugby)
Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)
Edel McMahon (Wasps/IQ Rugby)
Emma Hooban (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Grace Moore (Saracens/IQ Rugby)
Hannah O’Connor (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Jo Brown (Worcester Warriors/IQ Rugby)
Katie O’Dwyer (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
Laura Feely (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)
Linda Djougang (ASM Romagnat Rugby/Leinster)
Maeve Óg O’Leary (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)
Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury/Ulster)
Nichola Fryday (Exeter Chiefs/Connacht) (capt)
Sam Monaghan (TBC)
Taryn Schutzler (Saracens/Ulster).
