“The frustration comes from the structure and the set up behind the scenes, is the money being pumped into the 15’s, are they getting the support they need?”
“We’ve watched the five top teams in the world – Canada, USA, New Zealand, England and France play against each other all summer.
“That’s only going to strengthen them in contrast to Ireland who haven’t had a friendly since the Six Nations … that is crazy!”
“They’ve had a couple of one-day camps, she says
“Even Scotland, who are going be close to Ireland in trying to get that last spot in the World Cup 2021, they’re going to South Africa now for a two test tour, that’s huge.”
Davitt warns “You’ve all these friendlies happening and competitive matches, and Ireland have none of that in the pipeline.”
“They have to put the work in now. There should be the friendlies to get the girls in and to get a really strong team base.”