Ireland upset Wales with a convincing 36-5 victory at Musgrave Park for their first win of the Women’s Six Nations campaign.
Tries from Aoife Wafer, Eve Higgins, Neve Jones, Katie Corrigan and Beibhinn Parsons saw the Irish storm to a 31-point win.
After an opening loss to France, Scott Bemand’s side followed that with a six-point defeat to Italy but bounced back with a big win over the Welsh.
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They now sit third in the Six Nations table and will face leaders England next weekend at Twickenham.
"I'm delighted for the girls, to be honest," head coach Bemand said after the win.
"I keep talking about how hard everyone trains and I keep talking about identity.
"We know we were under a kind of process so it's finally nice to just get a win. We can’t get too carried away with it, it’s the next step.
"It's great for the girls to able to put a performance on, a winning performance and give the Irish crowd something to get behind.
"We’ve always got a performance in us. We knew that the Welsh have got some strengths.
"It was a match-defining moment about two and a half minutes in when they get their first maul and the forwards keep them out.
"It’s funny what momentum and confidence can do to a group.
"We knew that the maul was something we’d have to deal with and I’m so pleased for the girls that they’ve been able to prove to themselves that they can do it.”
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