Larissa Muldoon
| Born | 11 March 1991 County Donegal, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Larissa Muldoon (born 11 March 1991), from Ballybofey, County Donegal, is a rugby union player for Railway Union, Ulster rugby and the Irish Rugby Football Union.
Her first sport was ladies gaelic football which she played for Donegal at Under-14 and Under-16 level.
She made her debut for the Ireland women's rugby union team at the age of 19, just two years after taking up the sport.[1]
She played for Ulster's U18s and seniors first and her selection for Ireland was prompted by the Cardiff Metropolitan University who sent a video of her in action to the Irish Rugby Football Union.[2]
Muldoon was a member of the Ireland team that won its first ever Six Nations and Grand Slam in 2013 and also a member when they won the 2015 Women's Six Nations.[3][4]
She also represented Ireland at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup held in France where they had a historic victory over New Zealand's Black Ferns and finished fourth.[5][6]
She played for Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[7]
In 2021 she was selected at scrum-half in the Irish women's Team of the Decade by the Front Row Union website.[1] She has amassed 48 caps for the Ireland women's rugby union team but was unavailable for selection in 2021 due to injury.
Muldoon obtained a Masters in Sports Management and Leadership from Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is a qualified teacher and coach. She worked as a Gaelic Games Development Officer for Dublin GAA in 2017 but, since late 2018, has worked fulltime as a Development Officer for Leinster Rugby, specialising in promoting the game for girls and women.[8]
References
- ^ "Larissa answers 'Ireland's Call' at Women's Rugby World Cup". Roscommon Herald. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Donegal girls answering Ireland's call". Donegal News. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Ireland Women Confirmed As Six Nations Champions". Irish Rugby. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Slattery, Will (22 March 2015). "As it happened: Scotland v Ireland, Women's Six Nations". The42. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Irish women's rugby team record historic win over New Zealand". independent. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ Reporters, P. A. (10 August 2017). "Ireland hold on to record opening win over Australia at Women's Rugby World Cup". The Irish News. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ ""It's about giving girls an opportunity to pick up a ball and have fun"". Leinster Rugby. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2021.