Combined Provinces to Sport Colourful Alternative Kit

As the countdown to the inaugural Celtic Challenge tournament continues, the IRFU yesterday revealed the new match kit the Combined Provinces XV, sponsored by Vodafone, will wear across the four-game series.

Ireland Women’s Head Coach Greg McWilliams this week announced a 43-player Combined Provinces XV squad, co-captained by Leinster’s Hannah O’Connor and Munster’s Enya Breen.

The team’s opening game of the campaign takes place on Sunday 29th January, as the Combined Provinces XV go head-to-head with the Welsh Rugby Union Development XV at Cardiff Arms Park.

Maeve Óg O’Leary and Clara Barrett were in attendance at the IRFU High-Performance Centre to help launch the new Canterbury playing kit.

Both will be hoping to get game time for the tournament, aimed at providing further opportunity for players at the elite end of the game and fitting neatly into the gap between the Vosfone Interpros which Munster secured last weekend and the TikTok Women’s Six Nations at the end of March and running through April.

The Combined Provinces XV team to face WRU Development XV will be named on Friday.