Stacey Flood is no stranger to Lansdowne Road and believes that Ireland's first-ever standalone Test against Scotland at Aviva Stadium on Sunday "is going to be phenomenal".
The Ireland full-back grew up in Dublin 4 and is a regular visitor to the famous ground.
As a kid there were family trips to see the Boys in Green in action, while Flood has a vague recollection of seeing pop band Westlife at the venue.
More recently she's attended Men's Six Nations games as Andy Farrell's side enjoyed championship and Triple Crown successes.
There are around 30,000 expected for the round-five match-up against Scotland but already the tournament records have been shattered.
In fact, after round three, the total of 194,466 surpassed the best previous figure of 188,128, which was set after five rounds of the 2024 edition, and represents a 136% increase compared with attendances at the same stage last year.
Flood played in front of an incredible 77,000 in the round-one loss to England (below), while their clash with France drew 19,000 to the cauldron in Clermont-Ferrand two weeks ago.
"Like 25,000 tickets sold already. And I'd say we expect some more [this week] as well, which is amazing, it's going to be such a historic game for women's rugby in Ireland," Flood told RTÉ Sport.
"I think it's shown the path that women's rugby in general is starting to set, like 77,000 in Twickenham, 19,000 last week in Clermont, the crowd was amazing, Dexcom 9,000 [against Italy in round two].
"We're getting where the team wants to go and where women's rugby is going. It's an amazing time for the sport and I think playing in the home of rugby in Ireland is going to be phenomenal.
"And I think the crowd will really fill the stadium with noise. 25,000. All the crowds have been great so far, and it's amazing to see the game growing and pushing on to that next level."
While the Ireland Women's team played against Italy as part of a double-header back in 2014, this is the first standalone Test for Scott Bemand's side at the stadium.
Flood won't have far to travel.
The 29-year-old, who helped Ireland to a 33-12 win over Wales on Saturday, added, "I'm originally from Ringsend, so I have a lot of memories of Lansdowne Road and my brothers and my dad going to Lansdowne Road and watching all the football, actually.
"I grew up literally walking past it nearly every day.
"So it's pretty amazing to see how far our game has come to not having any women's games there to now, you see the Irish soccer team playing there so often.
"Hopefully that comes from our game as well, that we'll get to play there a little bit more.
"I wouldn't have gone to see any rugby games there when I was younger. But it was always just in the background of where I grew up.
"And I think it's an amazing moment for women's sport to have that there and be back at the home of rugby."
After the bonus-point win against Wales, Ireland will aim to finish on a high against Scotland and take three wins in the tournament for the first time since 2020.
"We lost against them last year narrowly, but I think we've come so far as a squad since then," said Flood (above), who will win her 29th cap.
"We're a different team altogether in a good sense that we don't look individuals anymore. We are a unit and we play as one and you can really see that.
"Stuff we've been working on has been coming out in games.
"That's really pleasing to see. But yeah, I think just going out there, starting fast and then getting the performance we want, sticking to our game plan and just executing that is really important for us."
Follow our live blog on Ireland v Scotland in the Guinness Women's Six Nations on Sunday from 2.30pm and listen to Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1. Watch Wales v Italy (12.15pm) and France v England (4.45pm) on RTÉ Player
