There are 12 players in the squad with previous World Cup experience - Ailis Egan, Heather O'Brien, Sophie Spence, Ashleigh Baxter, Paula Fitzpatrick, Alison Miller, Larissa Muldoon and Jenny Murphy were involved at France 2014, while Briggs, Claire Molloy, Marie Louise Reilly and Nora Stapleton are all set to compete at their third World Cup, having been involved in both 2010 and 2014.  http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/40215.php#.WXh-wtPyvGI

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Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht)

Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Marie Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Pool C -
Ireland v Australia, UCD Bowl, 7pm, Wednesday, August 9
Ireland v Japan, UCD Bowl, 5.15pm, Sunday, August 13
France v Ireland, UCD Bowl, 7.45pm, Thursday, August 17