Ireland are confident that Dorothy Wall and Linda Djougang will both be passed fit for Saturday's must-win TikTok Women's Six Nations finale with Scotland in Edinburgh.Wall missed last Saturday's defeat to England due to an ankle injury, while Djougang was replaced early in the game for a head injury assessment from which she didn't return.However, Wall trained fully with the squad this morning at the IRFU high performance centre, and is "tracking pretty well" to be available this weekend, according to senior coach John McKee, while the New Zealander also expects Djougang to be available, with the loosehead prop "tracking well" through the return to play protocols.Nicole Cronin is likely to miss the final game of the championship.
The half-back was a late withdrawal from the matchday squad last Saturday having been injured in the warm-up, and was helped from the pitch with a leg injury before been seen wearing a protective boot on the sideline.With four defeats from four games, Ireland will need to win with a bonus-point against the Scots to stand any chance of avoiding the wooden spoon.McKee admits their campaign as a whole has been "disappointing", he's confident they're making progress from performance standpoint."On the results, it's been a disappointing campaign, but there's been parts of games and things in games that we can take positivity from as well.
There has been progress across the tournament."And the former Fiji boss (below) says the cup final nature of this weekend's meeting with Scotland will focus their minds ahead of Saturday's game at the DAM Health Stadium."This week, that's what it is, a cup game, we have to go to their place and that's a challenge.