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Ireland's Six Nations campaign opens this weekend - can you feel the power!
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Linda Djougang wants the Ireland women's Six Nations team to become a must-see international outfit.
All of the Ireland Six Nations games are shown 'live' on TV and, if they are winning, why shouldn't they become required viewing.
"It’s girl empowerment but also supporting each other," says the front-row star.
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"We were watching the Olympics from Vancouver and all screaming at Rhasidat and at the other girls in the relay final. Even the Sevens girls in the Olympics.
"Any girls in sport really. Last week in camp we were watching Cheltenham and screaming at Rachael (Blackmore) on the TV.
"It’s so nice and refreshing to know that the support is there behind each other."
The hope now is that more and more Irish people will be screaming for the oval ball girls.
"There are 34 of us in this squad and we are all from different backgrounds, some played other sports so they have a different perspective from different fields.
"It’s very nice because I wouldn’t have any knowledge about horse racing but Heff (Katie Heffernan) is big into it and she was telling us all about it.
"I didn’t know why they were kneeling and not sitting and they were all shocked looking at me. I didn’t know they had to be different weights and everything!"
Ireland: Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC)(14); Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC)(6), Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(18), Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)(21); Amee-Leigh Costigan (Railway Union RFC/Munster)(13) capt, Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(19), Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC)(10)
1Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(11), Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury)(30)(vice-captain), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(41), Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(2), Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs/Munster)(32), Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(27), Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC)(4), Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(11)
Replacements: Cliodhna Moloney (Exeter Chiefs), Siobhán McCarthy (Worcester Warriors/Munster)(4), Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(19), Grace Moore (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby)(17), Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(10), Edel McMahon (Exeter Chiefs/Connacht)(30), Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)(12), Enya Breen (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)(25).
France: 15 Morgane Bourgeois (Stade Bordelais); Mélissande Llorems Vignères (Blagnac RF), Nassira Konde (Stade Bordelais), Gabrielle Vernier (Blagnac RF, 27); Marine Ménager (Montpellier HR,); Carla Arbez (Stade Bordelais), Pauline Bourdon-Sansus (Stade Toulousain);
Yllana Brosseau (Stade Bordelais), Agathe Sochat (Stade Bordelais), Rose Bernadou (Montpellier HR), Manaé Feleu (FC Grenoble) capt. Madoussou Fall-Raclot (Stade Bordelais), Charlotte Escudero (Stade Toulousain), Séraphine Okemba (LOU), Téani Feleu (FC Grenoble)
Replacements: Manon Bigot (Blagnac RF), Ambre Mwayembe (FC Grenoble), Clara Joyeux (Blagnac RF), Axelle Berthoumieu (Blagnac RF), Léa Champon (FC Grenoble), Alexandra Chambon (FC Grenoble), Lina Queyroi (Stade Toulousain), Émilie Boulard (Blagnac RF)
Saturday's match is live on Virgin Media One and BBC Northern Ireland, while there is live radio commentary available on RTE Radio 1.
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