Fitting finale for Ireland to push on to next level, says Greg McWilliams

Greg McWilliams hopes that Saturday night's dramatic win over Scotland can be a turning point for his Ireland side.

Trailing by six points four minutes into overtime, Enya Breen stormed over for a try and then converted under pressure to steal the victory and secure a fourth place finish in the TikTok Women’s Six Nations.

"They dug it out and now they can get that belief that it can be done," said the head coach, who took over from Adam Griggs late last year following the failure to qualify for the World Cup.

"Before the English game we started talking about the great story, 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister and the fact that for years no-one could break the four minute mile.

"He breaks the four minute mile and in the next 12 months it’s done lots and lots of times.

"The fact that now they can do that, now they can grow on that.

"People come into the squad know they’re coming into a squad that has that bite and that bottle, and that’s expected of them. I think it’s really important for momentum, I think if we lost that match it would be a very different situation.

What a moment! With the clock in the red, and Ireland behind by six, Enya Breen scores and converts her own try to win it! Recap: https://t.co/YyPdgrLQNH pic.twitter.com/OLz8ELX9Qc

"It’s one of those things, we’re very lucky to win the game but we could have lost that easily and it would be a very different conversation now, so that implies that that victory as good as it is, there’s a lot of things we have to do better so that we’re not in those situations."

Talk of some type of contract for the XVs players abounds and there is also a first ever summer tour for the side, possibly in Japan, but the destination and the size of the travelling party is not yet confirmed.

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