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Ireland squad to face Bok Women in Cape Town

By @rugby365com
Tuesday 20 Oct 2026
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SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: Head Coach Scott Bemand has announced his 30-player Ireland squad to face South Africa in back-to-back WXV Global Series Tests later this month.

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Following their opening Ireland WXV Series games against USA and Japan on home soil, Ireland continue their busy Autumn campaign as they prepare to go head-to-head with South Africa at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, October 24 and Saturday, October 31.

Erin King will lead the 30-player travelling squad, with recently capped players Beth Buttimer, Jemima Adams Verling, Kate Jordan, Sophie Barrett and Alana McInerney all included.

Second row Ruth Campbell returns from injury to travel with the squad to Cape Town but Sam Monaghan and Aoife Wafer have been ruled out of the back-to-back Tests against the Springbok Women.

Ireland Squad

Forwards (17):

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Beth Buttimer (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)(2)
Brittany Hogan (Sale Sharks)(46)
Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs)(55)
Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs)(44)
Eilís Cahill (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)(7)
Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(15)(captain)
Fiona Tuite-O’Sullivan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(28)
Grace Moore (Munster)(30)
Jane Clohessy (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)(3)
Jemima Adams Verling (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)(3)
Kate Jordan (Blackrock College/Leinster)(1)
Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(60)
Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury)(49)
Niamh O’Dowd (Gloucester-Hartpury)(25)
Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(17)
Sadhbh McGrath (Cooke RFC/Ulster)(24)
Sophie Barrett (Enniskillen RFC/Cooke RFC/Ulster)(1)

Backs (13):

Alana McInerney (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)(1)
Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC/Connacht)(20)
Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)(22)
Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(36)
Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College/Connacht)(38)
Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(38)
Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)(28)
Enya Breen (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)(34)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)(39)
Niamh Gallagher (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby)(4)
Robyn O’Connor (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(6)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)(31)
Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC/Leinster)(8).

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