Day out of Women's World Cup squad
Friday, 23 July 2010 12:30Ulster's Lauren Day has been ruled out of the Ireland Women's World Cup squad due to injury and will be replaced by Munster's Laura Guest.
Day picked up an injury during a warm-up session for Ireland's pre-tournament match against Scotland last weekend.
She received a knock on her wrist and while at first it was thought to be a sprain, an X-ray showed that she had in fact fractured a bone.
Her place in the panel has been taken by Highfield and Munster prop Guest, a secondary school teacher who attended Sacred Heart Clonakilty and University of Limerick. She has been capped nine times for Ireland.
Ireland will open their campaign against hosts England. The match will be televised live on Sky Sports.
Ireland then play former winners and three-time finalists USA in their second game with the final pool game against Kazakhstan four days later.
All the pool games are set to be played in the Surrey Sports Camp which will serve as the Rugby World Cup village for all participating teams.
Tickets for the tournament are available on www.Ticketmaster.co.uk
Ireland Women's Squad - Women's Rugby World Cup 2010
Forwards (14)
Louise Austin (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Gillian Bourke (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Orla Brennan (Blackrock/Leinster)
Fiona Coghlan (UL Bohemian/Leinster) Captain
Chris Fanning (Highfield/Munster)
Laura Guest (Highfield/Munster)
Caroline Mahon (UL Bohemian/Leinster)
Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht)
Joy Neville (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Yvonne Nolan (Blackrock/Leinster)
Kate O'Loughlin (Clonmel/Munster)
Marie Louise Reilly (Navan/Leinster)
Sinead Ryan (Blackrock/Leinster)
Carol Staunton (Galwegians/Connacht)
Backs (12)
Louise Beamish (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Niamh Briggs (Clonmel/Munster)
Helen Brosnan (Highfield/Munster)
Lynne Cantwell (UL Bohemian)
Amy Davis (Blackrock/Leinster)
Eliza Downey (Cooke/Ulster)
Shannon Houston (Blackrock/Leinster)
Mairead Kelly (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Joanne O'Sullivan (Richmond/Exile)
Tania Rosser (Blackrock/Leinster)
Jackie Shiels (Richmond/Leinster)
Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Ireland Women's Rugby World Cup Fixtures:
England Women V Ireland Women, Surrey, Friday August 20th, 18:30
USA Women V Ireland Women, Surrey, Tuesday, August 24th, 16:30
Ireland Women V Kazakhstan, Surrey, Saturday, August 28th, 16:30
