Jenny Murphy and the Women's Six Nations trophy

On Thursday 5 September we were delighted to welcome Jenny Murphy of the Grand Slam winning Irish Women's Six Nations squad to the school.  Jenny even brought along the trophy!  Here she is with some of our senior players.

We spent nearly an hour with Jenny in the classroom where she gave the girls lots of background and details on her life and experience as a rugby player, as well as some useful tips on shampooing and the proper use of conditioner!  The girls had a great time and were really impressed with Jenny.  The Junior girls were a little bit star-struck;

Then Jenny spent the best part of another hour posing for photographs with the girls and signing everything put in front of her.  Her self-portrait on Elaine Boyd's mobile phone was priceless!  Jenny also agreed to come back and hold a training session with the girls some time soon.

We had a great day, and we have to give a huge thanks to Jenny for coming out and having so much banter and craic with the girls.  A huge thanks to Niall Neville of Leinster Rugby also for arranging the visit.