Larissa Muldoon

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| birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| height = 1.66 m

| weight = 68 kg

| ru_position = Scrumhalf

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| clubs1 = Bristol Ladies
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Larissa Muldoon (born 11 March 1991), from Ballybofey, County Donegal, is a rugby union player for Railway Union, Ulster rugby and the Irish Rugby Football Union.

Her first sport was ladies gaelic football which she played for Donegal at Under-14 and Under-16 level.

She made her debut for the Ireland women's rugby union team at the age of 19, just two years after taking up the sport.{{Cite web|date=2014-08-26|title=Larissa answers 'Ireland's Call' at Women's Rugby World Cup|url=https://roscommonherald.ie/2014/08/26/larissa-answers-irelands-call-womens-rugby-world-cup/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Roscommon Herald|language=en-US}}

She played for Ulster's U18s and seniors first and her selection for Ireland was prompted by the Cardiff Metropolitan University who sent a video of her in action to the Irish Rugby Football Union.{{Cite web|date=2013-03-15|title=Donegal girls answering Ireland's call|url=https://donegalnews.com/2013/03/donegal-girls-answering-irelands-call/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Donegal News|language=en-US}}

Muldoon was a member of the Ireland team that won its first ever Six Nations and Grand Slam in 2013 and also a member when they won the 2015 Women's Six Nations.{{Cite web|date=2013-03-09|title=Ireland Women Confirmed As Six Nations Champions|url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/2013/03/09/ireland-women-confirmed-as-six-nations-champions/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Irish Rugby|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Slattery|first=Will|title=As it happened: Scotland v Ireland, Women's Six Nations|url=https://www.the42.ie/ireland-womens-six-nations-2006451-Mar2015/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The42|date=22 March 2015 |language=en}}

She also represented {{nwrut|Ireland}} at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup held in France where they had a historic victory over New Zealand's Black Ferns and finished fourth.{{Cite web|title=Irish women's rugby team record historic win over New Zealand|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/irish-womens-rugby-team-record-historic-win-over-new-zealand-30485699.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=independent|date=5 August 2014 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2071180.html#ireland+women+seek+another+level |title=Ireland women to seek "another level" |author=IRB.com |date=1 May 2014 |accessdate=12 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001812/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid%3D2071180.html |archivedate=11 September 2014 }}

She played for Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.{{Cite web|last=Reporters|first=P. A.|date=2017-08-10|title=Ireland hold on to record opening win over Australia at Women's Rugby World Cup|url=http://www.irishnews.com/sport/rugbyunion/2017/08/10/news/ireland-hold-on-to-record-opening-win-over-australia-at-women-s-rugby-world-cup-1106803/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The Irish News|language=en}}

In 2021 she was selected at scrum-half in the Irish women's Team of the Decade by the Front Row Union website.[https://www.thefrontrowunion.com/2021/02/ireland-women-team-of-the-decade/] She has amassed 48 caps for the Ireland women's rugby union team but was unavailable for selection in 2021 due to injury.

Muldoon obtained a Masters in Sports Management and Leadership from Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is a qualified teacher and coach. She worked as a Gaelic Games Development Officer for Dublin GAA in 2017 but, since late 2018, has worked fulltime as a Development Officer for Leinster Rugby, specialising in promoting the game for girls and women.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-08|title="It's about giving girls an opportunity to pick up a ball and have fun"|url=https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/giving-girls-opportunity-have-fun/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Leinster Rugby|language=en}}