For this rising Ireland team, today is about exorcising some demons from the past. For starters, they need to atone for last weekend’s error-strewn display when a glorious chance to land a first win against France in eight years was derailed by a flurry of unforced errors and poor decision making.

Anna McGann scored a hattrick as Ireland romped to a 8-try bonus point victory over Italy in Parma in the Guinness Women's Six Nations

Those who thought 21 year-old Aoife Dalton had her best game in an Ireland shirt last week will have had to readjust as she picked up the Player of the The Match award.