Women’s Coaching & Management

Women's Coaching & Management Team

John Cronin

Director of Rugby & Head Coach

JC has overall responsibility for the women’s program at Railway and has brought the club from Leinster League Division 4 to All Ireland champions at 15s and 7s, whilst amassing more than 30 trophies in nine years. JC is well known for identifying opportunities at international level and aligning these with individual skills and talent to ensure the best opportunities for our athletes to gain those honours. While JC doesn't engage in self praise or promotion, his track record of sustained team success and the ever increasing number of Railway players attaining representative honours is testament to his ability nurture and develop talent. An IRFU Stage 4 coach, JC has coached over 50 players to representative honours, more than half of whom had never played rugby before.

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Larissa Muldoon

Senior Coach

Larissa is a former Ireland 15s and 7s international, has won a grand slam and played in three World Cups, making the semi-final in 2014. Larissa is a Stage 4 Performance Coach and has coached various Leinster age-grade sides, the Ireland U18s girls and Trinity College Women's, where she won Trinity Coach of the Year. Larissa worked previously as a Women’s Development Officer with Leinster Rugby and now works for the IRFU High Performance Unit. She has a Masters in Sports Management & Leadership.

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Mike South

Skills & Defence Coach

Mike joined the coaching team in 2022, having previous coached at St Andrew's College and with Railway's men's side. Mike also played with Young Munster and Bective in his career, has represented Munster Schools and played for the Leinster Juniors whilst playing with Railway. Mike is qualified personal trainer and works with FFS.

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Lindsay is one of Ireland’s best-known athletes, having played for Ireland at three sports and winning an All-Ireland with Dublin. Lindsay has been capped 38 times for Ireland and is in her second year as scrum coach.

Lindsay Peat

Scrum Coach

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Blaise Kenny

Coach

Blaise is an IRFU Stage 3 coach and has coached our female sides at U16, U18 and senior levels, nurturing many players from underage to senior rugby.

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Jude Cleary

Player/Coach

Jude is an IRFU Stage 3 coach and has coached our senior squad since 2018. Jude holds the remarkable playing record of winning Leinster League Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 in her playing career.

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Peter O’Donnell

Lineout Throw Coach

Peter is an IRFU Stage 4 coach and is a specialist in hooker throw coaching and skill acquisition, working with Ireland Women, Connacht and many teams around the world. Peter has developed hookers such as Cliodhna Moloney and Dave Heffernan to international honours.

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Rachel Hegarty

Head of Strength & Conditioning

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Pat Noonan

Head of Operations

Pat is responsible for all off-field operations around the squad. Pat has been involved in rugby as a player, coach, manager and referee. He previously coached Clonakility women's side in the AIL.

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Carol Bagnall

Manager

Carol has been involved in Railway since 2012 as a player, until moving into the role of team manager in 2019. Carol has match day responsibility for our Leinster League side.

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Professor John Ryan

Head of Player Welfare

John is our Head of Player Welfare. He is Head of Emergency Medicine at St Vincent's University Hospital, Leinster Men's team doctor, and match day doctor for Ireland men's and women's sides. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine and has a Diploma in Sports Medicine from Dublin University.

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Cliona Duigenan

Match Day Doctor

A former player at Railway, Cliona is our match day doctor. She has previously worked at St Vincent's University Hospital and is currently a GP trainee. She completed her medical degree at the University of Limerick, where she founded the Orthopaedic, Sport and Exercise Society. Cliona holds an undergraduate degree in Sport Science & Health from DCU and has a strong interest in high performance sports medicine.

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Hilary Gannon

Head Physio

Hilary has an MSc in Sports & Exercise Medicine from TCD. She has been previously head physio with the Welsh Rugby women's program, covering two Six Nations tournaments, one World Cup & eight international 7s tournaments. She has also been head physio for Ireland Women's cricket team and head physio with the Football Association of Wales.

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Eoin Lombard

Physio

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Lori-Ann Taylor

Physio

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Lenor Callan

First Aid Responder

Lenor has been with us since 2012 and is our first aid responder for our Leinster League side.

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Shirley Corcoran

Video Analyst

Shirley leads our video analysis and stats compilation.

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Bernardo Santos

Video

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Brendon Shields

Data Analysis

Brendon supports our data analysis and helps us perform outcomes-based & predictive analytics. Brendon is the founder of Rugbycology, a data analytics system designed to measure a team's strengths & weaknesses and benchmarks us against leading women's sides across the world. Our data analysis allows us to measure and implement tactical strategies that are most effective in the women's game and inform our athletes tactical understanding and decision making.

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Robert Ennis

Pitch Manager

Robbie is our Pitch Manager and is responsible for dressing the pitch, ensuring the correct post-pads and flags are in place for games and taken down afterwards, and generally making sure everything looks immaculate. He makes every session, rain or shine. He is our biggest cheerleader, our unofficial haircut inspector and probably our greatest food expense. He's worth every burger.

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