In two Tests at Dexcom Stadium, Beibhinn Parsons has crossed for five Ireland tries, and this afternoon's two against Japan in Galway sent the winger into the record books.

The Galway native's brace in Ireland's 31-24 win brought her to 24 tries in green, first matching and then surpassing the previous record held for several years by Alison Miller.

And doing it on home soil was the cherry on top of the day for the Ballinasloe native.

"It's just really special to be in Galway and have all my family be here," Parsons said after seven-point win.

"I don't even think they're aware of it. It's not something that I'd really talk about. So, yeah, it's just special to play at home."

Still only 24-years-old, Parsons international tally is only going to grow over the next few years, achieving the feat across just 37 caps.

But the winger, who made her Test debut at the age of just 16, says becoming Ireland's record scorer was never on her radar when she broke into the team in 2018.

"It's not something that I went in, playing at 16, thinking that it would ever be associated with me.

"It sounds good. That's the main thing, just being back with the squad and getting to train and play. I love training, so being part of the group is so special to me.

"I look at some of the cap numbers when we get jerseys presented and I'm like, 'God, how are we on the same number?'.

"So, yeah, I've definitely missed a couple of games, a few campaigns and fixtures, but it's all about the squad and where we're at now. And I think this squad is going places.

"So to be a part of it now and be present is really important."

Head coach Scott Bemand believes the best of Beibhinn (above) is still yet to come.

"Beibhinn's such an important player for Ireland women's rugby," he said.

"She's incredibly professional. She turns up. She's come back from an ankle piece over the summer. Two weeks ago you could tell she was absolutely raring to play, and we managed to hold her back one week.

"We've got a good stack of wingers. It's competitive piece. It's nothing like Bei wanting to show and put her own stamp on it, saying 'that you just listen here, you lot. I'm still in, I'm still here'.

"Bei's going to continue to score tries over the next however many years so it's really exciting to see how good she can become because she keeps going after it.

"She knows she's not the finished article yet, but each time we challenge her, she keeps getting better and crikey, she keeps scoring tries, so more of that please."

Ireland led 19-0 approaching half time, before an Erin King yellow card led to a pair of quick Japan tries, cutting the score lead to seven points.

The game was flowing in an eerily similar fashion to last week in Tallaght, where Ireland's poor discipline and inability to stop the maul saw the USA overturn a 19-point deficit for a 40-36 win.

And Bemand says he was pleased to see how his players reacted to that mid-game wobble, as they navigated their way through a tricky period to claim victory, ahead of a rematch with Japan in Cork next Saturday.

"Learning your lessons is always much better from a winning position, isn't it?

"Our execution, we thought we left a few points out in the first half on the tryline, two held up, one pushed into touch. And I think the scoreboard should have looked a bit different at half-time, but we knew what we were turning around into.

"We love coming here to Galway, but there is a Galway breeze, and we knew that turning round into that, in some ways, it's a bit easier to play into the wind.

"I'm delighted on the back of last week where we felt we gave entries too easily, conceded scores too easily, that the defence was able to create some pressure.

"There's still bits to go at. We're not the perfect article by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd say we'll take our lessons from a winning position this week," he added.