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Irish Rugby and Sevens

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    #542
    connachta
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    Or England...


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    #543
    Devon Quaint Quid
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    Kiwi_knock wrote: »
    Some poor mistakes, but can't be too disappointed as an on-form Fiji tear most teams apart

    yup, well beaten by the best, playing well.

    Mistakes are very expensive at the top!


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    #544
    TheAnalyst_
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    Simply not possible to beat that Fiji side. The skill, size, speed and physicality are on a different level. I thought the Irish boys put in a great effort and were good for their scores and maybe a few more.


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    #545
    nerd69
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    The lads where outstanding this weekend credit to the country I thought the us would thump them. They showed they can hang at this level and this will be a great experience for the qualifiers next year


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    #546
    connachta
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    still a game to play!


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    #547
    durkadurka
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    nerd69 wrote: »
    The lads where outstanding this weekend credit to the country I thought the us would thump them. They showed they can hang at this level and this will be a great experience for the qualifiers next year

    Qualifiers?

    Is there a qualifier to get into these world tournaments on a regular basis?


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    #548
    ScrubsfanChris
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    Fantastic start


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    #549
    connachta
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    Fantastic Conroy


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    #550
    The Lost Sheep
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    durkadurka wrote: »
    Qualifiers?

    Is there a qualifier to get into these world tournaments on a regular basis?
    As mentioned in thread already.
    There is a yearly world series qualifier held in Hong Kong on the weekend of the main Hong Kong 7s event.
    There is some teams invited to 1/2/3 of the world series events each season. We got an invite this weekend and probably will get more next season on basis of today


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    #551
    Devon Quaint Quid
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    lovely pass out to McNulty there.


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    #552
    Elvisjuice
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    balls that us gone


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    #553
    Elvisjuice
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    chance now


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    #554
    Elvisjuice
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    yeehaw


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    #555
    Elvisjuice
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    jesus great kick


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    #556
    Squatter
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    Great finish Conroy. What a conversion! Bronze medal for Ireland!


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    #557
    Devon Quaint Quid
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Devon Quaint Quid


    he is quick


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    #558
    Elvisjuice
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    3rd thats some result , well done Ireland


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    #559
    Devon Quaint Quid
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    That conversion was never in doubt. Split the posts!


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    #560
    ScrubsfanChris
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    Jesus lads, they've only gone and done it!


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    #561
    Rigor Mortis
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    Mahoosive


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    #562
    connachta
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    Conroy's a legend.
    Roche to be praised for conversions too!


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    #563
    Squatter
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    connachta wrote: »

    Conroy's a legend.

    Yep.

    Looks like it's time to end his loan period with Connacht A and recall him to his home province!


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    #564
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,965 ✭✭✭connachta


    Squatter wrote: »
    connachta wrote: »

    Conroy's a legend.

    Yep.

    Looks like it's time to end his loan period with Connacht A and recall him to his home province!
    Nah, you wish...


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    #565
    Squatter
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    connachta wrote: »
    Nah, you wish...

    But we'll let you keep Matt Healy! Fair is fair, after all! :D


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    #566
    Kiwi_knock
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    Absolutely brilliant result, delighted for the lads who have been there since the beginning.


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    #567
    Squidgy Black
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    The progress made by this squad over the last year is unreal, 24 months ago if you'd said Ireland would have placed 3rd in a World Series circuit competition in men's 7s people would've looked at you sideways.

    Makes it all that sweeter that they beat England at Twickenham too!


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    #568
    ScrubsfanChris
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    Great having the the Irish team up on the podium with the Fijians and South Africans.

    Fiji have now one 30 consecutive games :eek:


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    #569
    TheAnalyst_
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    Honestly one of the greatest results in Irish rugby history. To be ranked 21st in the world and you might say justifiably as they didn't qualify for the series. To go from nothing to finishing third against England in England.
    One thing that surprised me was how easy they found it to score. Once they got the ball in hands for a phase or two they had no problem scoring against any team including Fiji.

    I had a worry that even with the funding that Ireland just wouldn't be cut out for sevens due to the nature of players we have but thats definitely not the case.


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    #570
    connachta
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    If we want to qualify for 2020 Olympics we have to inject one or two XV players like N-Z did with SBW

    I know for example a guy named Larmour who has perfect speed and hands to play a bit of 7's in qualifying tournaments...


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    #571
    Squidgy Black
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    TheAnalyst_ wrote: »
    I had a worry that even with the funding that Ireland just wouldn't be cut out for sevens due to the nature of players we have but thats definitely not the case.

    As the game grows and Ireland start putting in more performances, a lot of younger players will start to see it as a viable option to be able to play professional rugby, and be successful at it.

    The hope would be to see players coming towards the end of the academy process and choosing 7s as a route to professional rugby and even players on development contracts and so forth.

    As for getting XV players involved, I'm not sure if the IRFU will invest in that past academy players and A team players. 7s tournaments generally involve a lot of travel and it's high intensity stuff, the player management schemes would probably go into meltdown at the thoughts of it. And there isn't much room in the Irish rugby schedule between the Pro14, champions cup and the international windows to allow for it.


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