Three Roscommon rugby players secure centralised contracts

Three Roscommon rugby players have secured centralised contracts.

Aoibheann Reilly, Ivana Kiripati and Jemima Adams Verling have all been rewarded for strong campaigns as they were among the 35 players to secure a centralised contract.

Kiripati and Verling, who have both come through the ranks with Creggs, have secured their first national contracts.

Kiripati made her Test debut during the World Cup warm-up fixtures in August before she was named in Ireland’s World Cup squad.

Meanwhile, Verling was highly impressive for the Ireland U-20s this year as she bagged a try and was named Player of the Match in her side’s opening game of the Six Nations Summer Series against Scotland.

Reilly returned from a cruciate injury to come off the bench against France in the opening round of this year’s Six Nations.

She made her World Cup debut in Ireland's opening game against against Japan while she also started against New Zealand and France.

Coming off the back of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, players from the centralised programme have returned to training at the IRFU High Performance Centre in recent weeks, building towards the upcoming Celtic Challenge and the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations.