Ulster Women's Team Player Profiles

The Ulster Women, sponsored by Deloitte, get their Interprovincial Series underway this Sunday against Leinster at Dromore RFC (kick-off 2pm).

Find out more about the Ulster Women's squad...


Alanagh Chipperfield
Age: 29
Position: Prop
Club of Origin: Sutton Bonington LRFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2006


Ella Durkin
Age: 19
Position:  Winger
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Malone RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2017


Ali Boal
Age: 25
Position: Winger
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Malone RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2007


Ilse Van Staden
Age: 34
Position: Prop
Club of Origin: Correctional Services Pretoria SA
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2001


Teah Maguire
Age: 25
Position: Full Back / Winger
Club of Origin: Cooke RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2009


Claire Johnson
Age: 24
Position: Winger
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2010


Peita McAlister
Age: 25
Position: Centre / Winger
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Malone RFC
Year started playing rugby: 1997


Emma Jordan
Age: 25
Position: Winger
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2007


Neve Jones
Age: 18
Position: Hooker
Club of Origin: Ballymena RFC
Current Club: Malone RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2004


Helen McGhee
Age: 23
Position: 2^nd Row
Club of Origin: Cooke RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2015


Storm Cobain
Age: 19
Position: Flanker
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Edge Hill University / Firwood Waterloo
Year started playing rugby: 2012


Amanda Maginn
Age: 26
Position: 2^nd Row
Club of Origin: Ballynahinch RFC
Current Club: Ballynahinch RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2015


Brittany Hogan
Age: 19
Position: Centre / Winger
Club of Origin: Ballynahinch RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2014


Hannah Beattie
Age: 19
Position: 2^nd Row
Club of Origin: Ballynahinch RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2013


Aishling O’Connell
Age: 27
Position: Prop
Club of Origin: UCD RFC
Current Club: Cavan RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2008


Lauren Maginnes
Age: 25
Position: No. 8
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2006


Beth Cregan
Age: 22
Position: Flanker / Hooker
Club of Origin: City of Derry RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2004


Niamh Walsh
Age: 24
Position: Centre
Club of Origin: Cavan RFC
Current Club: Cavan RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2015


Dolores Hughes
Age: 19
Position: Winger / Full Back
Club of Origin: Monaghan RFC
Current Club: Cavan RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2013


Sorcha Mac Laimhin
Age: 28
Position: Prop
Club of Origin: Queen’s University Belfast RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2007


Kathryn Dane
Age: 21
Position: Scrumhalf
Club of Origin: Enniskillen RFC
Current Club: Old Belvedere RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2006


Rebecca Smyth
Age: 26
Position: 2^nd Row
Club of Origin: Belfast Harlequins RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2011


Vicky Irwin
Age: 19
Position: Out Half / Full Back
Club of Origin: Armagh RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2011


Jasmine Ward
Age: 24
Position: Winger
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Malone RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2015


Sapphire Dudley
Age: 24
Position: 2^nd Row
Club of Origin: Coleraine RFC
Current Club: Ballynahinch RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2013


Amy Graham
Age: 31
Position: Scrumhalf / Winger / Centre
Club of Origin: Cooke RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2001


Larissa Muldoon
Age: 26
Position: Scrumhalf / Out Half
Club of Origin: Letterkenny RFC
Current Club: Railway Union RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2008


Nikki Caughey
Age: 25
Position: Out Half / Centre
Club of Origin: Malone RFC
Current Club: Railway Union RFC
Year started playing rugby: 1997


Eliza Downey
Age: 31
Position: Centre / Winger / Full Back
Club of Origin: Cooke RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2008


Lesley Megarity
Age: 29
Position: Hooker / Flanker
Club of Origin: Armagh RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2007


Gemma McCutcheon
Age: 25
Position: Flanker
Club of Origin: Enniskillen RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2007
 
Diane Ramsey
Age: 21
Position: Out half / Winger
Club of Origin: Queen’s University Belfast RFC
Current Club: Queen’s University Belfast RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2015
 
Leah McGoldrick 
Age: 19
Position: Centre / Winger
Club of Origin: Armagh RFC
Current Club: Cooke RFC
Year started playing rugby: 2015