6 Ulster players named in Wolfhounds squad for final round of Celtic Challenge

The Wolfhounds team for the final round of the Celtic Challenge has been named. The league leaders can seal the title with a win at home to Edinburgh in Energia Park on Saturday (kick off 12:15pm).

The Wolfhounds have a two-point lead at the top of the table meaning a win will see them crowned champions for the second year in a row.

Head Coach Neill Alcorn has made five personnel changes to the starting XV with Aoife Dalton coming back in to partner Leah Tarpey in the centre and Molly Scuffil-McCabe back in at scrum-half.

Up front Ireland prop Linda Djougang starts while rising star Alma Atagamen comes into the second row. Erin King returns to the back row with Brittany Hogan moving to 6 and captain Claire Boles at 7.

The match kicks off at 12:15 in Energia Park and there’s live coverage on irishrugby+.

Sophie Barrett will also be running out for the Clovers starting at tighthead. The Clovers face Gwalia Lightning at Ystrad Mynach on Saturday afternoon. The Clovers are just two points behind the Wolfhounds but will need their fellow Irish side to slip up at home to Edinburgh if they are to take the title.

Wolfhounds Team

15\. Amy Larn (Athy/Leinster)<br>
14. Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow/Leinster)<br>
13.  Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere/Leinster)<br>
12. Leah Tarpey (Railway Union/Leinster)<br>
11. Katie Corrigan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)<br>
10. Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere/Leinster)<br>
9. Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Leinster)          <br>
1. Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere/Leinster)<br>
2. Maebh Clenaghan (Queens/Cooke/Ulster)<br>
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/Leinster)<br>
4. Alma Atagamen (Balbriggan/Leinster)               <br>
5. Cliodhna Ni Chonchobhair (Blackrock College/Leinster)<br>
6. Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere/Ulster)<br>
7. Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster) Captain<br>
8. Erin King (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Replacements<br>
16. Kelly Burke (Mullingar/Leinster)<br>
17. Tricia Doyle (Railway Union/Leinster)<br>
18. Sophie McAllister (Ballymena/Ulster)<br>
19. Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College/Leinster)<br>
20. Molly Boyne (Railway Union/Leinster)<br>
21. Jade Gaffney (Old Belvedere/Leinster)<br>
**22. Ella Durkan (Blackrock College/Ulster)<br>
23. Lauren Farrell McCabe (Suttonians/Ulster)**