She plays prop forward for Blackrock College, Connacht and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.
In her youth she specialised in athletics with Finn Valley AC and played gaelic football with local club MacCumhaills.
She played her first provincial rugby for Ulster (2009–2012) but, after moving to Sligo to study and work in 2013, joined Connacht.
[7] She is only the third woman from County Donegal to play rugby for Ireland, following in the footsteps of Nora Stapleton and Larissa Muldoon.
She became obsessive about fitness and her body in her early playing career but being successful at rugby helped her to be more realistic and healthy.