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Women’s Six Nations 2026: Eve Higgins returns in one Irish change for Wales game
Ireland head coach Scott Bemand has made one change to his starting XV for Saturday’s Women’s Six Nations home game against Wales at the Affidea Stadium.
Eve Higgins replaces Nancy McGillivray, who is not involved in the matchday squad, at centre in the sole alteration from the 26-7 defeat against France in Clermont two weeks ago.
Higgins started the opening 33-12 defeat against England before she came off the bench in the big 57-20 win over Italy and the defeat in France.
Following the tournament’s fallow week, Ireland will look to get back on track and pick up their second home victory in the campaign.
Wales are looking for their first win of the campaign after defeats by Scotland, France and England.
Stacey Flood continues at full-back with Beibhinn Parsons at right wing and Robyn O’Connor on the opposite side.
Aoife Dalton is partnered by Higgins in midfield with Dannah O’Brien and Emily Lane – who has three try assists in this year’s tournament – remaining in the half-backs.
Ellena Perry, Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald, who scored Ireland’s only try against France, and Linda Djougang form an unchanged front row, with Dorothy Wall partnering Fiona Tuite, who has played every minute of the tournament, in the second row.
Aoife Wafer, captain Erin King and Brittany Hogan are in the back row for the fourth game in a row, while Bemand has made a number of changes to the bench in opting for a 6:2 split.
Sadh McGrath and Grace Moore are back among the replacements, while 20-year-old full-back Niamh Gallagher is set to make her debut off the bench.
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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins announced on Monday they fired pitching coach Pete Maki and assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez, two of five holdovers from the former manager’s coaching staff.
Both pitching coaches were inherited by Derek Shelton when he was hired to replace Rocco Baldelli as the Twins’ new manager last October.
The Twins, who fell short of the playoffs for a third straight season, ranked 25th in the majors in ERA in 2026.
Maki took over as the team’s interim pitching coach in July 2022 after Wes Johnson shocked the club by leaving in the middle of the season to become the pitching coach at Louisiana State University. Maki was officially appointed Twins pitching coach ahead of the 2023 campaign.
From 2023-26, FanGraphs ranked the Twins 20th in ERA (4.31), tied-eighth in Fielding Independent Pitching (4.01) and ninth in Wins Above Replacement (66.3).
When Shelton took over ahead of the 2026 season, he had a hand in building out the bulk of his new staff. Under Shelton, the Twins added hitting coach Keith Beauregard, bench coach Mark Hallberg, first-base coach Grady Sizemore, assistant bench coach Mike Rabelo, bullpen coach LaTroy Hawkins and field coordinator Toby Gardenhire to the staff.
In addition to Maki and Ramirez, third-base coach Ramon Borrego and assistant hitting coaches Trevor Amicone and Rayden Sierra were the only other coaches retained after Baldelli’s ouster.
Before he took over for Johnson, Maki was the team’s bullpen coach from 2020-22. He also spent two seasons as the team’s minor-league pitching coordinator from 2018-19.
A veteran of the organization for 21 seasons, Ramirez was named the team’s assistant pitching coach in November 2021. Ramirez originally joined the Twins in 2006, spending the first part of his career working with pitchers at the team’s Venezuelan academy.
Before he left the academy, Ramirez was elevated to the Gulf Coast League Twins in 2012. He became the GCL pitching coach in 2014 and then made stops along the way at four different Twins minor-league affiliates, last serving as the team’s Double-A pitching coach in 2021.
The Twins also announced the exit of assistant athletic trainer Jason Kirkman, who was in his seventh season with the club.
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