Irish Rugby and Sevens

sydthebeat wrote: »

tough but doable.

obviously france is the biggest threat, with samoa less so.

only one spot available makes it very very difficult

Yeah France and Samoa biggest threats.
We've obviously improved a lot in the last 4 years but remember last time round we were knocked out by Spain so hard to know what to expect

Men lost 12-7 to GB and Women lost 14-12 to France in opening games
Men beat USA 12-10 in their second game

Looks like the sessions are available to live stream on the England Rugby YouTube channel.

Will have a look at 10.00 when Ireland are due to play USA again.

31-14 it finished.

Watched that ire v us game, wow we destroyed them

Thank you for posting the link

14-10. Final score
some pace by MaxMcFarland to get score for GB

Another game tomorrow to finish weekend off..

How did we lose Max McFarland from the Irish system?

Garfin wrote: »

How did we lose Max McFarland from the Irish system?

Was in the Leinster academy and playing with Clontarf in the AIL, but was just that bit too small for 15s to get a development contract, and our sevens program wasn't anywhere close to what it is these days in terms of contracts just for 7s.

Scotland swept in, and gave him a full time contract to play with them (and be linked with Edinburgh).

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Has there ever been any serious talk about getting Ireland a stop on the world 7s circuit? Probably likely to be in the Aviva if they tried it but i honestly think if they done it in thomond park it would be a bigger success, some 7s tournament really seem to struggle with the attendance and a packed thomond would look Alot better for TV an atmosphere then a half full Aviva.

Wouldnt be in World Rugbys interest to have a world series event here when you have Twickenham, Paris.

Thomond has held 7s tournaments with some top level players involved yes it was summer time and people away and all that but nobody turned up. A world series with a full irish side and all world series would do better but im not sure it would be better than other venues world rugby could host events in

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Has there ever been any serious talk about getting Ireland a stop on the world 7s circuit? Probably likely to be in the Aviva if they tried it but i honestly think if they done it in thomond park it would be a bigger success, some 7s tournament really seem to struggle with the attendance and a packed thomond would look Alot better for TV an atmosphere then a half full Aviva.

I think the attendances are actually a good bit better than they look on TV.
It's a 10 hour day of rugby, so very few are going to sit in their seat for every game.
So when you tune in on TV and see empty seats, it's not necessarily that they haven't been sold - it's a combination of people have gone for food, to the bar for a few pints, gone for an hours walk in the local area, aren't turning up until the afternoon, have gone home early after seeing enough matches, have gone to the merchandising stalls etc.
But because the organisers are limited to selling only the amount of tickets that is the capacity, the attendance at any one time can look underwhelming.

2 teams for both men and women this weekend to play GB in Dublin this weekend
https://www.irishrugby.ie/2021/06/04/ireland-sevens-squads-named-for-hpc-international-7s-tournament/

Ireland Men’s Sevens Team 1:
Jack Kelly (Dublin University)
Foster Horan (Lansdowne)
Ian Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne)
Jude Postlethwaite (Banbridge/Ulster)
Adam Leavy (Lansdowne)
Billy Dardis (Terenure College)
Sean Cribbin (Suttonians)
Hugo Lennox (Skerries)
Terry Kennedy (St Mary’s College)
Gavin Mullin (UCD)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers)
Aaron Sexton (Malone/Ulster)
Harry McNulty (LA Giltinis)

Ireland Men’s Sevens Team 2:
Ben Moxham (Ballymena/Ulster)
Aaron O’Sullivan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Bryan Mollen (Blackrock College)
Rory Scholes (Irish Sevens)
Liam Turner (Dublin University/Leinster)
Conor Phillips (Young Munster/Munster)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne)
Greg O’Shea (Shannon)
Max O’Reilly (Dublin University/Leinster)
Duran Krummeck (Irish Sevens)
Ed Kelly (Dublin University)
Andrew Smith (Clontarf/Leinster)

Ireland Women’s Sevens Team 1:
Brittany Hogan (DCU/Ulster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster)
Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster)
Emily Lane (Blackrock/Munster)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum/Leinster)
Megan Burns (Tullamore/Leinster)
Amee Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Railway Union/Munster)
Anna McGann (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Katie Heffernan (Mullingar/Railway Union/Leinster)

Ireland Women’s Sevens Team 2:
Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (Old Belvedere/Munster)
Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College/Munster)
Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College/Connacht)
Méabh Deely (Blackrock College/Connacht)
Enya Breen (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Béibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe/Blackrock College/Connacht)
Soneva Scott (Irish Sevens)
Erin King (Naas RFC/Leinster U18)
Mya Alcorn (Blackrock College/Ulster)
Maeve Liston (Blackrock College/Ulster)
Stephanie Carroll (Railway Union/Leinster).

Two weeks to the big one. McNulty being back is a huge bonus for us.

results from day 1.
Womens team 1 had 2 wins from 3 beating the 2nd irish side and one of the GB sides.
Womens team 2 were well beaten in all 3 games
Mens team 1 beat both GB sides and then lost to GB1 by 3 points in their 3rd game
Mens team 2 well beaten in all 3 games
https://www.irishrugby.ie/2021/06/05/opening-day-of-hpc-international-7s-produces-thrilling-sevens-action/

Kick off times for repechage also confirmed
Saturday, 19 June: (All Times Irish Time)

Ireland v Zimbabwe, 8.50am
Ireland v Mexico, 11.12am
Ireland v Tonga, 2.24pm

Sunday, 20 June:

Ireland v Samoa, 12.17pm

Semi Finals (Top 2 in each Pool)

3:23pm/3:45pm with Final at 6:07pm

Will this be on tv?