Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I waenganui i te 2012 me te
I tākaro a Spence mō te tau 2017. Whai muri i te haere a Spence ki nga whakamatautau a Irish Exiles i Akuhata 2011, ka whakatau a Philip Doyle ki te tere tere ki te roopu o Ireland. I mohio a Doyle ki tana kaha, a, i hiahia ia ki te tono ia mo Ireland i mua i te karanga. I muri mai ka timata ia mo Ireland i te 3 o Hui-tanguru 2012 ki a. I whakarerea te tukinga i te haurua na te mea kua maroke te pitch. I haere a Spence ki te tohu mo Ireland i nga Ipu o te Ao Rugby a nga Wahine 2014 me 2017. Ko Spence tētahi o ngā kapa tuatahi o Ireland ki te patu i a ia. He mema ano ia o nga roopu o Ireland i toa i te 2013 me te 2015 Women's Six Nations Championships. I te tau 2015 i whakaingoatia ia mo te IRB Women's Player of the Year, te RTÉ Sports Person of the Year me te ingoa o te "Guinness" Rugby Writers of Ireland Women's Player of the Year. I reti a Spence hei kaitakaro o Ireland i muri i tana korenga i te kapa mo te 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship.