‘Thank God my granny didn’t see me getting smashed to bits against France’
Ireland centre is determined to right the wrongs of the past and qualify for next year’s World Cup
Eve Higgins: ‘The last Six Nations obviously not winning a game was tough. It’s where no-one wants to be.’ Photo: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile
Ireland centre Eve Higgins got an early reminder of how brutal the Six Nations can be against France last Saturday in her first championship game since 2022. Higgins has made better decisions than the one she took after quarter of an hour at the Stade Marie-Marvingt when she went ball-in-hand straight into the abrasive French tighthead prop Assia Khalfaoui.
A mismatch, you could say. The Stade Bordelais player caught Higgins and shunted her backwards in a thundering tackle that landed the Irish player on her back and had the French crowd oh-la-la-ing in approval. Higgins got up. Welcome back to the Six Nations, she thought to herself.
