She attended Presentation Brothers College, Cork, where she played in the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup, though injury prevented her from breaking through at age grade until under-20 level, during which time she won an U20 inter-provincial title with Munster.
Sie besuchte das Presentation Brothers College in Cork, wo sie am Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup teilnahm. Verletzungen verhinderten jedoch ihren Durchbruch in der Altersklasse bis zur U20, in der sie mit Munster den interprovinziellen U20-Titel gewann.