No Extra Pressure For Galway-born Parsons Against Italy

Ireland helping Beibhinn Parsons insists she will consciousness nary other unit erstwhile representing her state successful a Women's Six Nations crippled successful her autochthonal Galway for nan first time.

Saturday's title against Italy (17:40 BST) will people nan first clip Connacht's Dexcom Stadium has staged a Six Nations match.

Born and raised successful Ballinasloe, conscionable nether 40 miles eastbound from nan 12,500-capacity stadium successful Galway city, Parsons has played galore games astatine nan Dexcom and arsenic precocious arsenic February pinch nan Clovers successful nan Celtic Challenge.

"Definitely nan latter," Parsons said erstwhile asked if playing for Ireland successful nan West will beryllium a burdensome aliases liberating acquisition for her.

"I'll consciousness really good supported going into Galway and I consciousness for illustration each my friends and family are location truthful I'll conscionable want to do them proud.

"We've felt nan greenish activity increasing and this is an opportunity to spot really overmuch it has grown complete nan World Cup pinch a crippled backmost connected Irish soil."

Parsons, who made her Ireland debut aged 16 successful 2018, said "dominance" is 1 of nan buzzwords successful campy this week aft leaving "a batch to beryllium desired" successful past week's opening 33-12 conclusion by England.

"Cliodhna Moloney successful nan changing room aft her 50th headdress said 'I can't hold to beryllium present erstwhile we execute and we don't conscionable bask nan occasion'," added Parsons, who missed past year's Six Nations because of a surgery leg.

"That's our adjacent step, to not beryllium successful awe of these teams, to conscionable person belief.

"It's thing Erin [King, captain] said astir earlier nan game, too. I deliberation we each thought we could hit England but location are conscionable a fewer tweaks we request to hole up on."