The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy girls fielded a combined U16/U18 team to face Leinster U18s Tuesday in Dublin, Ireland.
The EIRA side opted for the combined side in part because their U16 players have shown themselves to be able to front up physically against older Irish girls.
That proved to be correct as the EIRA side won 48-7.
"The players are looking great," enthused Coach Lindsey Mahoney. "They’ve built connection with each other quickly. In training [with the combined side] it was some of the fastest and decisive rugby I’ve seen in a while. They have speed on attack and work edge-to-edge with multiple levels of attack."
That was certainly on display in the game on Tuesday. But more than that, as the players will attest, it was about not letting up and translating training into the game environment.
