Molly Scuffil-McCabe

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Molly Scuffil-McCabe
File:2025 Rugby World Cup (Women) - Ireland vs Spain 20250831 111653 Molly Scuffil-McCabe.jpg
2025 World Cup in Northampton
Born (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 28)
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Scrumhalf
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2024 Manawatū Cyclones 3 (20)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022– File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 23 (10)
Correct as of 24 September 2025

Molly Scuffil-McCabe (born 15 March 1998 Dublin) is an Irish rugby union player. She plays for Railway Union RFC, and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.[1]

Early career

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Scuffil-McCabe was encouraged by former Irish international, Fiona Coghlan, who was her maths and PE teacher at Lucan Community College to give rugby ago.[2][3] She competed for Ireland's U18 7s team in 2014 and 2015.[2]

Rugby career

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Scuffil-McCabe has played for Westmanstown RFC, St Mary's College and Railway Union RFC.[2][4] She made her international debut for Ireland against England at the 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship.[2][5][6]

She was one of several Irish 15s and sevens female players who got full-time professional contracts in 2023.[3] She later featured for Ireland in the Six Nations competition.[3] She also made the Irish squad that competed in the inaugural WXV 3 tournament in Dubai in October.[7]

In 2024, she joined the Manawatū Cyclones in the Farah Palmer Cup competition while she was doing veterinary studies at Massey University in New Zealand.[8][9]

She was named in Ireland's side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in March.[10][11] She was selected in the Irish squad for the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England.[12][13]

References

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