Ireland national rugby sevens team

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Ireland
Union Irish Rugby Football Union
Coach(es) Anthony Eddy
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 5 (First in 1993)
Best result 1993 Cup Semi-final
Ireland vs Ukraine, 2008

The Ireland national rugby union sevens team has previously competed in the IRB Sevens World Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The team also competes during European qualifying phases for the Summer Olympics.

Although there is no permanent team at present, there may well be in the future.[1] The IRFU announced in 2015 its goal to field a national sevens team that has a chance to qualify for the 2016 Olympics and joins the Sevens World Series by 2017.[2]

1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament

Ireland competed at the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament, the first rugby sevens tournament for national teams. They defeated New Zealand (a feat never achieved by the 15-a-side squad) Australia and Scotland in the groups phase, and lost to England in the final match.

Squad:

  • 7 - V Becker (Lansdowne)
  • 6 - AW McMaster (Ballymena)
  • 5 - CMH Gibson (NIFC)
  • 4 - D.M. Canniffe (Cork Con)
  • 3 - JF Slattery (Blackrock College)
  • 2 - PC Whelan (Garryowen)
  • 1 - KMA Mays (University College, Dublin)
  • 8 - TAP Moore (Highfield)
  • 9 - JP Dennison (Garryowen)

Rugby World Cup Sevens

1993

Results

Group stage:

Cup Quarter-finals:

  •  Ireland 17–0  Samoa
  •  Ireland 14–12  Tonga
  •  Ireland 7–31  Fiji

Cup Semi-final:

Squad

[3]

1997

Results

First Group Stage:

Second Group Stage:

Bowl Quarter-final:

Bowl Semi-final:

  •  Ireland 22–24  Japan

Squad

[3]

2001

Results

Group Stage:

Bowl Quarter-final:

Bowl Semi-final:

Squad

[4]

2005

Results

Group Stage:

Plate Quarter-final:

  •  Ireland 14–19  Samoa

Squad

[4]

2009

Results

Group Stage:

Bowl Quarter-final:

Bowl Semi-final:

Bowl Final:

Squad

[5]

2016 Olympics qualifying

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See also: 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships and Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Division C Qualifying

(June 6–7, 2015)
Ireland won Division C, qualifying them to participate in Division B.

Group stage:

Cup Quarter-final:

Cup Semi-final:

Cup Final:


Squad
1. Shane Layden (Buccaneers/ Connacht)
2. Gearoid Lyons (Young Munster/ Munster)
3. Diarmuid McCarthy (Young Munster/Munster)
4. Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
5. Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
6. Tom Daly (Lansdowne/ Leinster) Captain
7. David McGuigan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
8. Harry McNulty (UCD/Leinster)
9. Cian Aherne (Lansdowne /Leinster)
10. Mark Roche (Lansdowne/ Leinster)
11. Alex Wootton (Garryowen/Munster)
12. Michael Lawton (Exiles)

Division B Qualifying

(June 20–21, 2015)
Ireland won Division B, qualifying them for the European repechage tournament.

Group stage:

Cup Quarter-final:

  •  Ireland 76–0  Malta

Cup Semi-final:

Cup Final:


Squad

[6]

European repechage

Main: 2015 Rugby Europe sevens repechage

Ireland placed third in the 2015 European repechage, earning the last European spot for the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament.

18 July 2015
 Russia 19 – 19  Ireland
Report
Lisbon
18 July 2015
15.06
 Georgia 17 – 21  Ireland
Report
Lisbon
18 July 2015
17.00
 Italy 17 – 33  Ireland
Report
Lisbon

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
19 July 2015 – Lisbon        
  Germany  26
19 July 2015 – Lisbon
  Romania  5  
  Germany  26
19 July 2015 – Lisbon
    Georgia  5  
  Belgium  5
19 July 2015 – Lisbon
  Georgia  21  
  Germany  12
19 July 2015 – Lisbon
    Russia  38
  Portugal  0
19 July 2015 – Lisbon
  Russia  24  
  Russia  24 Third place
19 July 2015 – Lisbon
    Ireland  10  
  Ireland  17   Georgia  7
  Lithuania  0     Ireland  15
19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Other notable players

Shamrock Warriors RFC

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Main article: Shamrock Warriors RFC

In March 2011, the IRFU announced its support for Shamrock Warriors RFC. The club's aim is to develop a pool of experienced Sevens players for the IRFU to be in position to select to develop into a future international Sevens squad to compete in tournaments by giving them experience playing in the top level competition should the IRFU become involved in professional international sevens or in the Olympic Sevens.[7][8]

IRFU looks for Sevens Players

In December 2014 the IRFU issued a notice to all Irish athletes to come forward to see what if they have what it takes to become an Elite Sevens rugby Player. The IRFU hope to see the best rugby club talent available as well as attracting athletes with transferable skills from other team sports such as athletics, basketball, hockey and Gaelic Games. The IRFU has entered a Sevens team in to The European Sevens Championship in Division C in June 2015. Four talent identification days will be held across Ireland in January 2015. [9]

See also

References

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