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Gillian McAllistar will undergo a late fitness test on Friday to determine whether or not she can take her place on the replacement bench for the Irish Womens side in their opening Six Nations game against Wales in Thomond Park on Saturday evening. If Mcallistar fails to make it, her place on the bench will go to Eryka Wessel.

Ireland. Sarah Jane Belton (UL Bohs/Munster); Suzanne Fleming capt (Cooke/Ulster), Patrique Kelly (UL Bohs/Munster), Rachel Boyd (Cooke/Ulster), Fiona Neary (Waterloo/Ulster); Nicki Milne (Worcester/Connacht), Karen Eagleson (Cooke/Ulster); Maura Coulter (Blackrock/Leinster), Elaine Collins UL Bohs/Munster), Edel Coen (Highfield/Munster); Maeve Quirke (UL Bohs/Munster), Anne-Marie McAllister (Blackrock/Leinster); Rachel Reid (Cooke/Ulster), Fiona Steed (Shannon/Munster), Mary O’Loughlin (UL Bohs/Connacht).

Replacements. Jean Lonergan (Shannon/Munster), Gillian Mcallistar (Cooke/Ulster), Rosaleen Foley (Shannon/Munster), Bridget Montgomery (Rippon/Leinster), Louise Beamish (UL Bohs/Munster), Rochelle Howell (UL Bohs/Connacht), Rachel Tucker (Shannon/Munster.