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Larissa Muldoon
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.[1] 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
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