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5th February 2019
05:19pm GMT

"Going in to work after games was tough enough. "You know, that’s your recovery day most of the time and you’re sore. And you just probably have a lack of sleep as well. "But it’s good to be in and, you know, talking about the game to people and things like that. And again that’s good for the kids to kind of see that you can go away and you can play your sport but you can come back in and do a job the next day. And whilst I would’ve liked a day or two off extra, look, it’s the way it is and you just get on with it."
There's always that added sense of duty when you're part of the wave of women trying to make things better for the next batch.
On Friday night, the fruits of that labour were still evident with a sizeable crowd making their way into Energia Park for the opening of the Six Nations.
The fact it was 5 pm on a weekday didn't exactly help matters but there was a good turnout nonetheless.
"There was brilliant promotion around in order to encourage people to get out for five o’clock. "And, in fairness, there was 4,600 people there so there actually was a very good crowd there considering the time that it was at and I think that came down to promotion amongst schools and getting school girls out from all over the country, which was good. "The promotion has definitely improved on every platform across the board but it’s just consistent coverage now and a lot of that will come down to the performances I’m afraid."The first performance, unfortunately, really declined after a decent opening to the game. The English players were just a level above the Irish and, in the first of her weekly video reviews for Her, Coghlan dissected the game. Fiona Coghlan is the former Captain of the Irish Women’s 2013 Grand Slam Winning Rugby Team. A PE and Maths Teacher, Fiona is also a Client Services Manager at sports management agency, Navy Blue Sports.

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