Ireland Ratings: Moore and O'Brien Best Against Spain

Ireland ratings: Moore and O'Brien best against Spain

Ireland booked their place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals thanks to a bonus-point win over Spain. Here's how we rated the players.

Ireland Player Ratings vs Spain - Women's Rugby World Cup 2025

Both sides came into this game with rotated squads with Ireland making 7 changes to their starting XV and Spain making 9 changes including majority of their forwards with only Lourdes Alameda keeping her spot in the starting line up. A match-up with a history of tight results. Both teams returning to the World Cup after 8 years away. The game started cagey however after some great phase play by Ireland, fly-half Dannah O’Brien opened the scoring…

Defence must be a concern as Ireland face into tougher World Cup tests

Scott Bemand’s side leaked five tries against Spain.

Ireland see off Spain to book World Cup quarter final place

For a second successive week, Ireland notched a bonus-point win, surpassed their record points tally, and snagged seven tries. But a battling Spain pushed them all the way with five tries of their own, leaving Scott Bemand et al with much room for rumination. Sinead Kissane & Anna Caplice convene at Franklin’s Gardens to recap today’s performance, and to begin to look ahead to a marquee match-up with New Zealand next week. Credit to : Irish Inde…