Larissa Muldoon
Date of birth (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991
Place of birthCounty Donegal, Ireland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrumhalf
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Bristol Ladies
Railway Union		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Ireland 48

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. 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

  1. ↑ "Larissa answers 'Ireland's Call' at Women's Rugby World Cup". Roscommon Herald. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Donegal girls answering Ireland's call". Donegal News. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ireland Women Confirmed As Six Nations Champions". Irish Rugby. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Slattery, Will. "As it happened: Scotland v Ireland, Women's Six Nations". The42. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Irish women's rugby team record historic win over New Zealand". independent. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ↑ IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ ""It's about giving girls an opportunity to pick up a ball and have fun"". Leinster Rugby. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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