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BBC News
07-08-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Haney and McMahon latest Ireland injury concerns
Ireland head coach Scott Bemand has confirmed forwards Edel McMahon and Christy Haney were unavailable for Saturday's World Cup warm-up match against Canada because of injury. Bemand will name his 32-player squad for the tournament in England on Monday. Ireland are already without forwards Erin King and Dorothy Wall, who have been ruled out of the World Cup, while star back row Aoife Wafer is yet to regain full fitness after undergoing knee surgery. Haney and McMahon also missed last weekend's win over Scotland in Cork. "Christy Haney has picked up a bump, hamstring piece so that rules her out of consideration for this," said Bemand, whose team to face Canada shows 10 changes from the Scotland game. "Other than that we are in pretty good health coming back from the Scotland game."Obviously we've said that Aoife Wafer is tracking nicely but isn't at the point to be considered for this game but other than that, as a squad, we're in reasonable health."On co-captain McMahon, he replied: "Sorry, Tricky [Edel] as well. She's back on pitch and training and is doing a great job, bringing her leadership capabilities and setting the standard within straining as she always had."This one probably comes a beat early but she's right on the cusp of being ready. There'll be a piece that she's in the mix but not quite yet."Over the course of the summer we've just being managing a knee piece. She's back on pitch training with the group now and ramping up the training minutes."Bemand, who led Ireland to third in this year's Six Nations, added that he is "getting closer" to finalising his squad ahead of Monday's announcement. "We think we're getting closer to what we want to go with. We've all spoken about having squad depth," added the Englishman. "I think there's 10 changes and it's moving in the direction we want. Squad competition is high. "We know there's a competition coming over the horizon and actually the players are embracing and putting there best foot forward in terms of their on-pitch performance day in, day out."Former Ireland internationals Lindsay Peat, Claire Small and Fiona Hayes will join presenter Nicola McCarthy and commentator Oisin Langan in Belfast from 11:50 BST on BBC iPlayer & BBC Two NI.
RTÉ News
07-08-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Edel McMahon and Christy Haney emerge as Ireland injury concerns ahead of World Cup
Ireland have been hit with another double injury blow ahead of the World Cup with co-captain Edel McMahon and Christy Haney unavailable for Saturday's final warm-up match against Canada. Head coach Scott Bemand will name his 32-woman squad for the tournament on Monday. Already without star forwards Erin King and Dorothy Wall, and with a big question mark over Aoife Wafer, Ireland can least afford to lose two more experienced forwards for the World Cup, which begins for Ireland against Japan on 24 August. Flanker McMahon, who has 34 caps, has been dealing with a knee issue, while 24-cap prop Haney has an hamstring injury. "Christy Haney (above) has picked up a bump, hamstring piece so that rules her out of consideration for this," Bemand told RTÉ Sport when asked if anyone was not considered for the game due to injury. "Other than that we are in pretty good health coming back from the Scotland game. "Obviously we've said that Aoife Wafer is tracking nicely but isn't at the point to be considered for this game but other than that, as a squad, we're in reasonable health." Asked specifically about co-captain McMahon, he replied: "Sorry, Tricky [Edel] as well. She's back on pitch and training and is doing a great job, bringing her leadership capabilities and setting the standard within straining as she always had. "This one probably comes a beat early but she's right on the cusp of being ready. There'll be a piece that she's in the mix but not quite yet. "Over the course of the summer we've just being managing a knee piece. She's back on pitch training with the group now and ramping up the training minutes." The Ireland team to face Canada in Belfast on Saturday at midday contains 10 changes to the team that beat Scotland last weekend. On new squad member Ellena Perry (above), who has switched from England, Bemand said of the prop: "Yeah, Elle Perry is known to some of our group with Gloucester-Hartpury. "She's previously represented the Rose Roses and has an Irish grandparent, so we've been able to utilise connections from before. "She hasn't played for England since 2020. She's a very good player. "She started both the PWR semi-final and final last year so in terms of capability [she's up there] and playing level. "She's been in for a couple of weeks now and she's hit the ground running. She's more than earned her place in and around the group. "The fit has been a seamless transition so she'll put her hand up."
