An ecstatic crowd of over 5,000 cheered Ireland to victory as they marked their Musgrave Park debut with a stylish 5 try win against Italy.
Speaking afterwards, player-of-the-match Sam Monaghan said: “It has been a hard couple of weeks, but we really did the hard work this week to put a show on for this crowd.
“We just wanted to do it for everyone here, particularly for all the Munster girls, it’s great to have a win here. To win down here is so special and it means so much to all of us.
“Ever since we’ve set foot in Cork, everyone has been so nice to us. The hotel staff, even just going out for coffee everyone has been so supportive. We just wanted to show we could do the country proud.”
Aoife Wafer made her debut appearance for Ireland and despite picking up a yellow card she was delighted to win her first cap.
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Source: Irish Rugby