A 35-player training squad will assemble at the IRFU High Performance Centre over the course of the next few weeks to prepare for the inaugural Under-18 Women's Six Nations Festival in Edinburgh. The training squad will participate in three camps across March and April before the festival squad is selected. The camps take place on March 19-20 and 26-27 and April 2-3 at the IRFU High Performance Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. The festival promotes a learning environment for these young players and the coaches who are developing and honing their skills. Ireland will play 35-minute matches against England and France on Game Day 1 and a 70-minute match against Wales on Game Day 2.  The U-18 Women's Six Nations Festival will take place at the DAM Health Stadium between April 9 and 17. Katie Fitzhenry, IRFU Women's performance pathway coach, commented:

There is a really good provincial mix across this group and from a variety of clubs around the country which reflects the great work that is happening at grassroots level. "This group will experience a high performance environment as we build towards the Six Nations Festival in Edinburgh in April. "We are really excited to get started and I am sure the girls will be too as they strive to pull on a green jersey for the first time."

IRELAND UNDER-18 WOMEN'S TRAINING SQUAD:

Backs (17) - Grace Adams (King's Hospital/Leinster) Clara Barrett (Ballina RFC/Connacht) Ellen Boylan (Carrick-on-Suir RFC/Munster) Molly Boote (Connemara RFC/Connacht) WNTS Grainne Burke (Ennis RFC/Munster) Beth Buttimer (Fethard RFC/Munster) Hannah Clarke (Tuam/Oughterard RFC/Connacht) WNTS Katie Corrigan (Tullow RFC/Leinster) Alanna Fitzpatrick (Portarlington RFC/Leinster) WNTS Kate Flannery (Fethard RFC/Munster) WNTS Jade Gaffney (Navan RFC/Leinster) Lucia Linn (Dolphin RFC/Munster) Abby Moyles (Navan RFC/Leinster) Éabha Nic Dhonnacha (Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht) WNTS Robyn O'Connor (Wexford Wanderers RFC/Leinster) Rebecca Rodgers (Ballina-Killaloe RFC/Munster) Eva Sterritt (Greystones RFC/Leinster) WNTS Forwards (18) - Sophie Barrett (Enniskillen RFC/Ulster) WNTS Jorja Battishill (Malone RFC/Ulster) Maebh Clenaghan (Letterkenny RFC/Ulster) Isobel Clerk (Mullingar RFC/Leinster) Sarah Delaney (Cill Dara RFC/Leinster) Koren Dunne (Portlaoise RFC/Leinster) Ciara Fleming (Carrick-on-Suir RFC/Munster) Prudence Isaac (Arklow RFC/ Leinster) Aimee Kelly (Bruff RFC/Munster) Amy O'Mahony (Greystones RFC/Leinster) Sarah McCormick (Ballina RFC/Connacht) Aisling McEnroe (Virginia RFC/Ulster) WNTS Sadhbh McGrath (City of Derry RFC/Ulster) Jane Neill (Arklow RFC/Leinster) Sarah Roberts (Donaghadee RFC/Ulster) Karly Tierney (Tuam/Oughterard RFC/Connacht) Orla Wafer (Enniscorthy RFC/Leinster) Hannah Wilson (Cill Dara RFC/Leinster) * WNTS denotes member of Women's National Talent Squad