Name: Sam Monaghan
DOB: 25/06/1993
Position: Lock
Club: Gloucester-Hartpury
Ireland Caps: 23 Points: 0
Ireland's co-captain and leader, Sam Monaghan’s return to action is a much-needed boost ahead of the World Cup.
Born in the States, Monaghan returned to Ireland at a young age, where she would take up Gaelic football and win an Under-16 All-Ireland with Meath.
However, it was upon moving to England where she would find rugby, joining Wasps in 2020, aged 27.
A year later, Monaghan made her Ireland debut in their shock World Cup qualifier defeat to Spain in Parma.
In 2023, upon his arrival, Scott Bemand named Monaghan and Edel McMahon as his squad co-captains; a position they have held ever since.
