*Eimear Considine.
KILMIHIL’s Eimear Considine has been called up to the Irish women’s rugby squad for next week’s Test with Australia in Belfast.
Thirty three year old Eimear has been drafted into Scott Bemand’s 35-player camp this week after Connacht’s Méabh Deely was ruled out of the game with the Wallaroos on Saturday, 14 September, after suffering an ankle injury in her side’s Interpro win against Ulster at the weekend.
Considine, who has won 26 caps, hasn’t been involved with Ireland since April 2022, but is an experienced option for Bemand to draw from. The UL Bohs full-back didn’t feature for Ireland in last year’s 6 Nations due to the birth of her first child, Caolán.
She made her comeback from an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Munster’s final round-robin game of the Interpro championship against Connacht two weeks ago, while she also featured off the bench in last weekend’s final against Leinster.
Eimear is the fourth Clare member of the thirty five woman squad joining Kilmihil’s Edel McMahon and Ennis duo Chisom Ugwueru and Alana McInerney.
