Irish Rugby and Sevens

Lost Ormond · 14-05-2023 10:02am

Great to see women qualify.

Men have 2 shots remaining. european games in Krakow end of June and repechage next year

S.M.B. · 14-05-2023 12:47pm

Men and Women both in 5th place finals.

CIARAN_BOYLE · 15-05-2023 12:44am

With the end of the womens world series I just thought I'd have a look at the stats pagea on the HSBC sevens website.

Eve Higgins(5), Lucy Mulhall(7) and Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe(9) are in the DHL impact player table top 10.

Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe is the player on the top 10 impact player table with the least amount of games with 32 matches. All other players in the top 10 have 40 or more matches with 42 matches being the total (6 games per world series event and 7 events).

We scored 107 tries (7th in the league) and scored 64 conversions 59.8%.

Our top try scorers are Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe with 30, Beibhin Parsons with 23, Eve Higgins with 19 and Lucy Mulhall with 11. The remaining 24 tries were spread among 7 scorers.

Lucy Mulhall is the only goal kicker to score for Ireland. I'm not sure if this means she has kicked every kick or if others just failed to score.

Lucy Mulhall is Ireland's top tackler with 92. Eve Higgins and Amee Leigh Murhpy Crowe are second and third with 67 and 64 respectively.

Across the seven world series events we played 42 games and used 16 players. 3 players played all 42 games (Parsons, Higgins and Mulhall).

11 players played more than 28 games and 5 played 17 or less. Given that in a usual event theres a 12 man squad I guess the 11 who have played 28 or more games are the first teamers with 1 spot available based on who can push their way into the squad.

In every world series event at least 10 of core 11 players were named in the squad.

In terms of age the core 11 player squad ranges from 19 year old Erin King to 29 year old Lucy Mulhall. Stacey Flood (26) and Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe (28) are the next oldest players after Mulhall.

Of the 5 players with less than 17 games this season, 1 was making their sevens debut while 3 were veterans with 50 or more caps.

eagle eye · 15-05-2023 1:45am

Thanks for that Ciaran. I digested all of that like a good meal. 😁

Lost Ormond · 17-05-2023 3:19pm

IRELAND MEN’S SEVENS Squad (HSBC London Sevens, Twickenham Stadium, Saturday, May 20 – Sunday, May 21, 2023):

Harry McNulty (UCD RFC) (capt)

Chay Mullins (Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht/IQ Rugby)

Zac Ward (Ballynahinch RFC)

Matthew McDonald (IQ Rugby)

Niall Comerford (UCD RFC/Leinster)

Connor O’Sullivan (Lansdowne FC/IQ Rugby)

Billy Dardis (Terenure College RFC)

Hugo Lennox (Skerries RFC)

Sean Cribbin (Suttonians RFC)

Bryan Mollen (UCD RFC)

Gavin Mullin (UCD RFC)

Dylan O’Grady (UCD RFC)

Sean Galvin (Lansdowne FC)

IRELAND MEN’S SEVENS Schedule – HSBC London Sevens:

Saturday, May 20 –

Ireland Men v Fiji – 10.23am
Ireland Men v Japan – 1.31pm
Ireland Men v Argentina – 5.35pm

Sunday, May 21 –

Play-off matches.

Lost Ormond · 21-05-2023 5:48pm

Canada won relegation playoff so Uruguay and Kenya relegated off the series along with Japan as the series is now down to 12 core teams not 15 any more

Men lost cup quarter to Argentina 28-14 before beating GB 19-12 and losing to France 21-19 to finish 6th

Lost Ormond · 26-05-2023 11:21am

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2023/05/26/ireland-mens-sevens-to-compete-at-inaugural-nyc-sevens-this-summer/

CIARAN_BOYLE · 27-05-2023 7:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120642426#Comment_120642426

Good news.

I had heard about these world rfl guys organising new york sevens but I had thought they were trying to set up a club event.

Does anyone know if 2024 (3 events 4 million prize fund) and 2025 (7 events 12 million prize fund) will be aimed at internationals or clubs? This could fill a hole in the sevens schedule from what I beleive is a fall in the number of legs in the world series.

Lost Ormond · 27-05-2023 10:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120646172#Comment_120646172

Dont know yet but theyve big plans as you mention for expansion and hope to go further. they want private investment into teams to create a series so we could see international sides and then private funded sides as well

Lost Ormond · 06-06-2023 5:48pm

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2023/06/06/ireland-7s-fixtures-confirmed-for-rugby-europe-championship-series/

CIARAN_BOYLE · 06-06-2023 9:57pm

France Ireland and Great Britain in the same pool? Not sure how the seeding for that was determined but a bad group stage could see Ireland's mens olympic qualification hopes crippled.

The women can probably choose to treat this as a development event.

Lost Ormond · 06-06-2023 10:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120684165#Comment_120684165

The qualification is based off the european games in Poland at the end of the month not these 2 rounds of european competition and we are seeded for that tournament alongside GB and Spain so this is good prep for that. France arent competing in the european games either.

Lost Ormond · 08-06-2023 12:16pm

Ireland Men’s 7s Squad – Rugby Europe 7s Championship

Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers RFC)

Niall Comerford (UCD RFC/Leinster)

Billy Dardis (Terenure College RFC)

Jack Kelly (Dublin University FC)

Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s College RFC)

Liam McNamara (IQ Rugby)

Harry McNulty (UCD RFC)

Bryan Mollen (UCD RFC)

Gavin Mullin (UCD RFC)

Dylan O’Grady (UCD RFC)

Mark Roche (Lansdowne FC)

Andrew Smith (Clontarf FC/Leinster)

Zac Ward (Ballynahinch RFC)

Ireland Women’s 7s Squad – Rugby Europe 7s Championship

Claire Boles (Railway Union RFC)

Megan Burns (Blackrock College RFC)

Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC) Captain

Clare Gorman (Old Belvedere RFC)

Katie Heffernan (Railway Union RFC)

Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)

Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC)

Vicki Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC)

Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC)

Kate Farrell McCabe (Suttonians RFC)

Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC)

Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC)

Rugby Europe 7s Championship Series – Algarve 7s

Women’s Series

Friday, June 9 –

Ireland v Sweden, 10:44 (local), 9:44 UTC

Ireland v Germany, 15:44 (local), 14;44 UTC

Saturday, June 10 –

Ireland v Spain, 9:44 (local), 8:44 UTC

Men’s Series

Friday, June 9 –

Ireland v Belgium, 12:52 (local), 11;52 UTV

Ireland v France, 17:30 (local), 16:30 UTC

Saturday, June 10 –

Ireland v Great Britain, 11;52 (local), 10:52 UTC

Dodge · 08-06-2023 12:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120684165#Comment_120684165

Seeding based off last years results and both Ireland and GB were promoted from the European trophy (we skipped 2020) so we’re lowest seeds

typhoony · 11-06-2023 1:30pm

Mens 7's tream through to the final in the Europe rugby championship in the Algarve.

sydthebeat · 11-06-2023 2:01pm

Final against Georgia at 7:45 this evening

CIARAN_BOYLE · 11-06-2023 7:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120701398#Comment_120701398

Andrew Smith got a yellow card early. Georgia picking up a try during the sin bin.

scott1974 · 11-06-2023 7:53pm

What channel is it on?

CIARAN_BOYLE · 11-06-2023 7:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120702628#Comment_120702628

https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/men-s-7s-championship-series-2023/men-s-7s-championship/

I'm watching it here

Ireland just going 7-5 up (ok i'm assuming the 7 but it should be an easy conversion).

CIARAN_BOYLE · 11-06-2023 8:06pm

Game finished 19-10

I felt the last Georgian try was a little soft but it was scored after the last play.

I think the Irish sevens squad can be happy with their performance in the tournament. They beat Great Britain twice, France, Georgia, Portugal and Belgium.

Great to see Terry Kennedy integrating back into the squad.

Lost Ormond · 14-06-2023 2:24pm

european games squad named

Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers RFC)

Niall Comerford (UCD RFC/Leinster)

Billy Dardis (Terenure College RFC)

Jack Kelly (Dublin University FC)

Terry Kennedy (St Mary’s College RFC)

Liam McNamara (IQ Rugby)

Harry McNulty (UCD RFC)

Bryan Mollen (Lansdowne FC)

Gavin Mullin (UCD RFC)

Dylan O’Grady (UCD RFC)

Mark Roche (Lansdowne FC)

Andrew Smith (Clontarf FC/Leinster)

Zac Ward (Ballynahinch RFC).

14-06-2023 2:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120714292#Comment_120714292

Interesting to see Smith and McNamara still included - with Hansen a virtual cert for the RWC, and presumably Cordero in Argentina's squad, Connacht's only other back three players are Kilgallen, Porch, McNulty and O'Halloran (unless they play Bolton or Ralston out there). Had assumed both would focus on 15 a side after the switch to Connacht.

Lost Ormond · 15-06-2023 3:48pm

under 18 squads boys and girls named for european championships

Much larger boys squads to take into account theyve played less 7s as theres been some girls interpro 7s played this season

https://www.munsterrugby.ie/domestic_news/ireland-u18-girls-7s-training-squad-announced/

Lost Ormond · 22-06-2023 12:51pm

Fixtures confirmed for european games

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2023/06/22/fixtures-confirmed-for-ireland-7s-olympic-qualifier-at-european-games/

Rigor Mortis · 23-06-2023 9:49am

Is it one spot or more up for grabs?

Dodge · 23-06-2023 10:08am

One spot. 2nd and 3rd go to the world play off

Lost Ormond · 25-06-2023 3:28pm

66-0 win over Poland.

Italy next. Germany tomorrow before playoffs.

Lost Ormond · 25-06-2023 7:15pm

Ireland beating Italy 31-7 4 minutes to go

Lost Ormond · 25-06-2023 7:29pm

finished 38-7

SaoPaulo41 · 25-06-2023 8:32pm

Terry Kennedy being back makes team so much better( obviously we we were going to beat Italy and Poland) he just sets up many plays .

Irish Rugby and Sevens

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IRELAND MEN’S SEVENS Squad (HSBC London Sevens, Twickenham Stadium, Saturday, May 20 – Sunday, May 21, 2023):

IRELAND MEN’S SEVENS Schedule – HSBC London Sevens:

Ireland Men’s 7s Squad – Rugby Europe 7s Championship

Ireland Women’s 7s Squad – Rugby Europe 7s Championship

Rugby Europe 7s Championship Series – Algarve 7s

Women’s Series

Men’s Series