Munster Rugby v Ospreys Match Programme

and seeing the excellent environment which
Polly Murphy had created at the club for girls’
and women’s rugby soon sowed the seeds of
her love for the oval ball.
“I’ve always ridden horses and played
basketball for ages. Our family has always been
a big rugby family. My uncles, my whole family
are really into it. I don’t know, I kind of went
down one day. My Dad didn’t want me to get
hurt originally but sure then, it was grand, we
fired on!
“I lived only five minutes from Fethard so
my brothers would go down training the
same night, so we were all down in Fethard
every Friday evening after school. We were all
down there. You meet the same people and
there’s a great sense of
community. It’s a very
good club to be a part
of. I’m very proud of
where I come from with
Fethard.”
From that moment, Wall’s
passion for rugby took
over as she then represented her secondary
school, Presentation Secondary School
Thurles, in the IRFU Girls’ X7s tournaments
where her team reached two All Ireland finals.
Wall soon began scaling new heights as
she progressed through the women’s rugby
pathway at both provincial and national level.
her college placement at St. Vincent’s Hospital
in Dublin which will take up the majority of her
time this week.
A return to Tipperary to see her family is also on
hold until the current government restrictions
are eased. Wall hasn’t been home since the
end of July as she moved to Dublin to begin
preseason with the Ireland 7s squad.
“I’ve been living in Dublin since the end
of July, so I came up and we started our 7s
preseason, the first of August. I’ve been up since
then and because of placement, I’m in five days
a week. Every weekend we’re training. I haven’t
had an opportunity to go home but I’m on the
phone to my Mom every day. We definitely
keep in contact.”
Being away from
your family for such a
“Munster
underage was
prolonged period of
time is undoubtedly
massive for me...“ tough for Wall,
especially after her
recent achievement
of making her first
start for Ireland. The Tipperary native says that
she has been inundated with well-wishes and
congratulatory messages.
“Yeah, everyone from home (has been sending
me messages). My Dad feels like a celebrity
walking the down the town, he’s being stopped
every second!”
“Munster underage was massive for me. I
was in with Emily Lane who is one of my best
friends and I live with her now. She’s on the
Irish 7s team. Enya Breen who was on the
pitch with me there two weeks ago - we were
in the backline together actually, back when I
was a 13. We were on the backline that won
the Interpros underage and that was a big thing
for us at the time, too.”
Back to the here and now, the work doesn’t
stop for Wall. She’s currently in the midst of
With all that Wall has achieved in her career
to date and the huge work-rate which she has
displayed in both the red of Munster and green
of Ireland, she will no doubt have a big role to
play in the coming years.
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