Briggs was joined by her team-mate and fly-half Nora Stapleton, Ulster player Maeve Liston and Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 ambassador Fiona Coghlan to help with the launch.

The tournament is due to take place between August 9 and 26, with the semi-finals and final taking place at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.

Finals day on August 26, a year from today, will feature three games, including the final, third-place play-off and one ranking game, with prices starting at £10 ($13/€11) for children, £15 ($19/€17) for adults and £45 ($59/€52) for families.

Semi-finals day will take place on August 22, with tickets priced at £7 ($9/€8) for children, £12 ($16/€14) for adults and £36 ($47/€42) for families.

A ranking match will take place before the two last four clashes with a family ticket including two adults and two children.

Ireland are guaranteed to play on both days, with tickets available for purchase at ticketmaster.ie and ticketmaster.co.uk.

"It is hard to believe that it is just one year to the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup in the magnificent Kingspan Stadium," said Briggs.

“We have a huge year ahead of us to build our game, starting with the November internationals and followed by the Six Nations.

“We will be looking to continue building from there so that we are peaking for the World Cup.

“I am delighted that we will play in the Kingspan on both the semi-finals and finals day and I'm sure that supporters will have two great days out.”

Tickets for the pool stage, which is due to take place at University College in Dublin, are scheduled to go on sale early in 2017.

The tournament was brought forward from 2018 to 2017 to "maximise synergy with the Olympic Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens cycles".

Ireland's women reached the semi-finals for the first time at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France, beating four-time winners New Zealand en-route.

England will head into the 2017 tournament as the reigning champions, after beating Canada 21-9 in the 2014 final, held at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris.

“In recent years, we have seen Women's Rugby World Cup go from strength to strength and it is now one of the most anticipated and popular international rugby tournaments in the world,” said Bill Beaumont, World Rugby chairman.

“In 2014, the tournament broke all kinds of attendance, viewership and social media engagement records and we expect next year's event in Ireland to continue that upward trend.

"Women's rugby is one of the fastest growing team sports in the world and the way this tournament has grown is inspiring a new generation of girls to pick up a rugby ball and run with it.

“And with the success of the women's rugby sevens event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, it is an exciting time to be involved in the women's game generally."