“My smile says it all,” Jess Ziu beams, and much as the gathered press would love to believe it was the sight of them again that had her chuffed, it was a bit more to do with her return to the international squad for the first time since winning her 18th cap in July last year.
There’s no end of Irish players who’ve been through the mill in recent years with injuries, but Ziu has suffered like few others. Two anterior cruciate ligament injuries – the first sustained in October 2022, the second in August 2024 – left the Finglas native sidelined for two of the last three y
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