Ireland's Sam Monaghan 'really emotional' as injury nightmare finally behind her
Ireland Women's Rugby Squad Announcement, IRFU High Performance Centre, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin 31/7/2025
There is no good time to suffer an ACL injury. Sam Monaghan suffered hers last June when starting for Gloucester Hartpury in the Premiership Women’s Rugby final: forced off just 18 minutes into her club’s defining game of the season.
A full season has been laid waste since, Ireland going on to enjoy a breakout experience at the WXV1s tournament in Canada where they beat the world champions New Zealand and then a Six Nations off the back of it.
