Eire captain Sam Monaghan will return to worldwide responsibility within the facet’s World Cup warm-up fixture towards Scotland in Cork on Saturday.

The Gloucester-Hartpury lock has been out of motion since June 2024 when she suffered a severe knee damage on membership responsibility. Calf and hamstring injurries then delayed her comeback.

Beibhinn Parsons offers one other enhance with the wing again within the facet after lacking the Six Nations because of the damaged leg she sustained in December.

Eimear Corri-Fallon, who joins Monaghan within the second row, additionally returns after 12 months out.

There are three uncapped gamers within the squad with again row Ivana Kiripati and centre Nancy McGillivray set to win first caps from the beginning, whereas Ailish Quinn will achieve this if known as upon as a substitute.

In what’s a 6:2 cut up on the bench, there’s loads of ahead expertise round Quinn with Neve Jones, Niamh O’Dowd, Linda Djougang, Fiona Tuite and Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird additionally held in reserve.

Eire are, nevertheless, with out influentinal forwards Erin King and Dorothy Wall, who’ve each been dominated out of the World Cup, and star again row Aoife Wafer who has not given up hope of being match for the event.

The sport towards Scotland is the primary of Eire’s two warm-up fixtures earlier than the World Cup. They will even face Canada in Belfast on 9 August.

On the event in England, held between 22 August and 27 September, Bemand’s facet are in a pool with Spain, Japan and New Zealand.