A powerful and dynamic midfielder for Armagh, if anyone in the Orchard team was a likely rugby recruit, she fitted the bill nicely.
On Saturday, Niamh Marley looks set to line out for Ulster in their inter-provincial clash with Leinster before she turns her attentions to Armagh’s Lidl NFL Division Two opener against Cavan on Sunday.
And although she is a try-scoring machine in the backline for Dungannon and her province, it wasn’t the smoothest transition into life with the egg-shaped ball. It’s not easy dedicating yourself to Ladies football and rugby without one of your cruciate ligaments.
