Irish Rugby and Sevens

Thud

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Who got the Paris/London invites in previous years?

https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings/mens

Invite teams are the ones at the bottom who only got ranking points in some events.

The Lost Sheep

nerd69 wrote: »

But then your saying the Irish 7s team should suffer because if the success of the 15s team that hardly seems fair either given there is no overlap

I would see other nations getting opportunities to play world series as better and fair as we will play in european competition that is far stronger than any other regional competition that is in place bar Oceania.

Rigor Mortis

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

I would see other nations getting opportunities to play world series as better and fair as we will play in european competition that is far stronger than any other regional competition that is in place bar Oceania.

Ok, but to take that logic, we are at the top of our regional competition, if we want to stretch ourselves we need to be given a chance at world series level. 7s and 15s are a different sport and our 7s are a developing team just the same as other nations.

The Lost Sheep

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Ok, but to take that logic, we are at the top of our regional competition, if we want to stretch ourselves we need to be given a chance at world series level. 7s and 15s are a different sport and our 7s are a developing team just the same as other nations.

7s is different but we're only a developing team because we ignored the sport for years.
I would simply rather more countries are given opportunities for world series games especially when we have a far stronger regional competition.
We get them whenever we do reach that level..

Anyway Dublin 7s is on in Belvedere May 25th/26th. Mens and Womens Open 7s. Mens social 7s and a tag tournament.
Kinsale 7s is May 5th/6th.
Connemara 7s July 6th-8th.
Midland midnight 7s in Tullamore RFC July 28th

Are there many more 7s tournaments this summer

shotgunmcos

Thud wrote: »

nothing to be gained by a team from getting hammered on the series and arguably makes the pools lobsided, next highest in qualifiers Ireland/Germany are least likely to get hammered.

+1 to this. Ireland had to go in at the bottom of Europe 3 years ago and had to prove themselves. Even without bias they warrant a couple of invites. Glad to see they are getting them. Sure a few HK pool countries had games against series teams in the Commonwealth Games. How did they do?

its_phil

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

I would see other nations getting opportunities to play world series as better and fair as we will play in european competition that is far stronger than any other regional competition that is in place bar Oceania.

Why is it fair for other teams on merit?

CIARAN_BOYLE

To me it makes sense for top Euorpean teams to get invites to European legs of the world series.

Less of a cost base to be covered and more local fan interest.

The Lost Sheep

The Ireland Women’s 7s squad are in Japan for the third leg of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens World Series in Kitakyushu next weekend
The squad of 13 will be captained by Lucy Mulhall and includes the uncapped Kathy Baker, who has progressed through the Ireland 7s pathways at U18 & Senior Development included for her first World Series trip.

Ireland Women’s 7s – Kitakyushu 7s, Mikuni Stadium, Kitakyushu
Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke RFC), Kathy Baker (Blackrock College RFC), Aoife Doyle (Shannon RFC & Railway Union RFC), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College RFC), Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC), Katie Heffernan (Railway Union RFC), Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian RFC), Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC), Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum RFC), Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Railway Union RFC), Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (UL Bohemians RFC), Audrey O’Flynn (Ireland Sevens), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere RFC)
*Denotes uncapped at this level

Ireland Women’s 7s – Kitakyushu 7s Fixtures – Pool A
Saturday 21st April 2018
Spain v Ireland – 11:14am (local time)/3:14am (Irish time)
Australia v Ireland – 2:20pm (local time)/6:20am (Irish time)
Ireland v Fiji – 4:42pm (local time)/8:42am (Irish time)
Sunday 22nd April 2018 Finals Day

shotgunmcos

Ireland had a tough group. Australia, Spain and China all finished 3rd, 4th and 5th. Good win against Spain but poor strategy against China meant they missed out on the Cup QF. I thought they played better rugby than their eventual 10th place. Still, a better result in Paris would mean they will be a Core team again next year and the U18s talent to bring in, hopefully more competitive too.

Men are up in London as an invitational team on June 2-4. Interesting to compare to Japan. Japan finished 13th in Singapore (higher than Russia who are in the relegation spot).

The Lost Sheep

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Ireland had a tough group. Australia, Spain and China all finished 3rd, 4th and 5th. Good win against Spain but poor strategy against China meant they missed out on the Cup QF. I thought they played better rugby than their eventual 10th place. Still, a better result in Paris would mean they will be a Core team again next year and the U18s talent to bring in, hopefully more competitive too.

Men are up in London as an invitational team on June 2-4. Interesting to compare to Japan. Japan finished 13th in Singapore (higher than Russia who are in the relegation spot).

Being a core team is vital. Even more for women considering theyve been there before and keeping it. U18s have done well past few years but may be another few years before theyre ready to bring in. Ladies rugby really needs work on u20s/help for best younger players other than playing ladies AIL which there is only 8 clubs

Beau

Anyone know of a team looking for a player for Kinsale 7s this weekend? Give me a shout, I wouldn't mind playing.

The Lost Sheep

Beau wrote: »

Anyone know of a team looking for a player for Kinsale 7s this weekend? Give me a shout, I wouldn't mind playing.

Have you contacted the organisers directly? Possibly could have subs list/back up for any late drop outs..

jackdidley

Ireland u18 men’s 7’s in action in the European Championship, Lithuania this weekend. Winners qualify for youth Olympics in Argentina . Link to watch live on IRFU link below

http://www.irishrugby.ie/mobile/news/41927.php

The Lost Sheep

Ireland under 18s reached final.
Beat Sweden 62-0, Russia 22-10 and Italy 41-5 yesterday
They beat Portugal in quarter finals 24-17, Germany 26-0 then the final lost to France 26-17

centre12

Seems a good run for U18 Men in Lithuania. Who were the standout players on the Irish team

The Lost Sheep

Schools 7s on in Terenure today.
Its all ireland finals after numerous provincial rounds
SFs are Newbridge v Kings Hospital, Clongowes v Belvedere

irishfan9

Kings Hospital won the all ireland schools competition for 2nd year in a row, defeating Clongowes in final.

The Lost Sheep

irishfan9 wrote: »

Kings Hospital won the all ireland schools competition for 2nd year in a row, defeating Clongowes in final.

Emerging schools all irelands on today(some rugby schools also competing). Would have been interesting to see some of these schools against the so called top schools.
Nenagh CBS, Marist Athlone, Sligo Grammar, St Patricks Keady(Armagh) some of the schools taking part today

The Lost Sheep

Muirdachs Ballina won todays all ireland and beat Sligo Grammar in the final

The Lost Sheep

Next round of womens series is this weekend in Canada
Ireland play Spain, Canada and Australia in group stage

Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster)
Kathy Baker (Blackrock/Leinster)
Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster)
Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster)
Louise Galvin (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum) (capt)
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union/Munster)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Audrey O'Flynn (Ireland Sevens)
Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

The Lost Sheep

Ireland finished 6th in Langford and are now 9th in overall standings ahead of final round in Paris on June 8th-10th

shotgunmcos

It was their best result in the series. Last year finished 9th and had an average of 5pts per round after 4, rounds. 9th now just 1 point behind England and average 6, pts per round. On the up. Stacey Flood is proper 7s material

The Lost Sheep

Ireland Men’s 7s squad for Moscow, first leg of Rugby Europe Grand Prix

Robert Balacoune (Enniskillen RFC/Ulster)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers RFC)
Sean Cribbin (Suttonians RFC)
Shane Daly (Cork Constitution FC/Munster)
Billy Dardis (UCD RFC) Captain
Ian Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne FC/Leinster)
Hugo Keenan (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s College RFC/Leinster)
Harry McNulty (UCD RFC)
Bryan Mollen (Dublin University FC)
John O’Donnell (Lansdowne FC)
Greg O’Shea (Shannon RFC)
Mark Roche (Blackrock College RFC)

Ireland’s Pool B fixtures for Saturday 19 May (streaming on rugbyeurope.tv)

Ireland v Poland – 8.44am Irish time
Ireland v Portugal – 11.29am Irish time
Ireland v Germany - 2.36pm Irish time

Knock-out rounds to follow on Sunday.

The Lost Sheep

wins over Poland 29-0, Portugal 35-0 and Germany 33-0 yesterday
Beat Spain 26-0 in Quarter Final.

TheAnalyst_

Would this be Spain and Germany's top teams?

VillaMad

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Would this be Spain and Germany's top teams?

I think it is Germany's top team and Spain's second team just by looking at their rosters at the start of their games.

Ireland to face France at 12.21pm in the semi-final.

The Lost Sheep

Beat France 31-0. Germany in the final

VillaMad

Defeated Germany 28-7 in the Final. Terrific performance from the group over the weekend, only conceding that one try that was incidentally a penalty try.

Having Conroy and Kennedy means the side have two guys of great pace on both wings.

Busy schedule ahead as Ireland are a guest side in the final two stages of the Sevens World Series. The London series begins in a fortnight on the 2nd of June. Ireland are in a group with Australia, Spain and Wales. It will be interesting to see where Ireland are in relation to the top teams in the World.

Ireland will also be in Paris the following week in the World Series.

The next round of the Europe Sevens is in France on 30 June and it will also be in Exeter on the following week.

The Rugby World Cup Sevens will take place in San Francisco on July 20-22.

So plenty of Sevens to look forward to, throughout the summer.

The Lost Sheep

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Would this be Spain and Germany's top teams?

Mix of first and second string players.

VillaMad wrote: »

Defeated Germany 28-7 in the Final. Terrific performance from the group over the weekend, only conceding that one try that was incidentally a penalty try.

Having Conroy and Kennedy means the side have two guys of great pace on both wings.

Busy schedule ahead as Ireland are a guest side in the final two stages of the Sevens World Series. The London series begins in a fortnight on the 2nd of June. Ireland are in a group with Australia, Spain and Wales. It will be interesting to see where Ireland are in relation to the top teams in the World.

Ireland will also be in Paris the following week in the World Series.

The next round of the Europe Sevens is in France on 30 June and it will also be in Exeter on the following week.

The Rugby World Cup Sevens will take place in San Francisco on July 20-22.

So plenty of Sevens to look forward to, throughout the summer.

Conroy and Kennedy are quick but by 7s standards im not sure?
Obviously focus will be on the world cup but we will still have round of grand prix series at end of summer to play

The Lost Sheep

London 7s next weekend.
Schedule is Australia, Spain, Wales then knockouts