Overview

• Stacey Flood starts at fullback with Béibhinn Parsons and Amee-Leigh Costigan on the wings.
• Eve Higgins partners Aoife Dalton in midfield, with Dannah O’Brien at fly-half and Aoibheann Reilly at scrum-half.
• The starting pack includes Niamh O’Dowd, Neve Jones and Linda Djougang in the front row, Ruth Campbell with Sam Monaghan at lock, and a back row of Fiona Tuite, Edel McMahon and Brittany Hogan.
• The bench features Clíodhna Moloney-MacDonald, Ellena Perry, Sadhbh McGrath, Eimear Corri-Fallon, Grace Moore, Emily Lane, Enya Breen and Anna McGann.
• Kick-off is Sunday at 12pm in Northampton with live TV on RTÉ2 and BBC Two and radio on RTÉ 2FM, before pool games against Spain on 31 August and New Zealand on 7 September.