Griffin thriving on packed schedule

CIARA GRIFFIN was only three years old when Chumbawamba released their hit Tubthumping, but the opening lines could easily be the Ireland captain’s mantra.

I get knocked down but I get up again; You are never gonna keep me down.

That’s the crux of Griffin’s career. The back-row is the epitome of perseverance.

Take her start in rugby. Her earliest memories of the sport are playing in the back garden with her sister, but it wasn’t until she was 16 that her local