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NEVE JONES

EVERYONE LOVES a fighter and in Neve Jones, 5ft 2 in and 72kg soaking wet, Ireland have a 24-carat gem. An enduring memory from last year’s TikTok Six Nations is of the Antrim-born hooker getting involved in some goal-line argy-bargy against England.

“I’m not sure what happened, it may have been an arm flailing, but I thought ‘I’m not going to take that!’” says Jones, 24, when we ask her about the incident. “For anyone I play with, I’ve got their back and if I see someone

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