Irish Rugby and Sevens

CIARAN_BOYLE

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Great win!
Seeded 16th going into the competition and finishing 9th with a trophy to boot aint half bad.

Sickning to think Ireland wont be part of the World series* Meanwhile Japan finished 15th

*If thats still the case

Japan are qualified for 2018/2019 season.

Ireland despite finishing higher in the world series rankings than a core team and getting 9th in the world cup are not.

We will have an opportunity to qualify for 2019/2020 and hopefully we seize it with both hands.

thomond2006

I have no interest in Sevens but to finish 9th looks like a great result.

The Lost Sheep

munsterlegend wrote: »

It's not right in my view that one match decides who plays on the tour. Anything can happen in a one off match especially in sevens. Promotion should be after a series of tournaments just like whoever wins the series is after a number of tournaments.

I don't think there will be any change from the 16 team tournament in Hong Kong especially changing it to more than 1 tournament. It's 6 games that decide if you make world series or not. Yes you could have a bad day in final and lose but there won't be a change for cost reasons alone

ScrubsfanChris

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Japan are qualified for 2018/2019 season.

Ireland despite finishing higher in the world series rankings than a core team and getting 9th in the world cup are not.

We will have an opportunity to qualify for 2019/2020 and hopefully we seize it with both hands.

Hence my dismay at our comparative finishing positions.

dregin

thomond2006 wrote: »

I have no interest in Sevens but to finish 9th looks like a great result.

What's the story with the challenge cup they won for it?

arsebiscuits1

dregin wrote: »

What's the story with the challenge cup they won for it?

Top 8 teams compete for Championship.

9-16th compete for the Challenge.

17-24 compete for plate/ bowl

Dubinusa

Just saw O'Briens try again Oz. Brilliant stuff.

The Lost Sheep

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Hence my dismay at our comparative finishing positions.

It wasnt one match that decided things. They were able to win all games to win qualifier
Hopefully we will make world series in Hong Kong next year but can have no complaints we're not already

The Lost Sheep

Premiership 7s on this weekend.
Few Irish involved. Paddy Ryan for Northampton, Fionn Higgins for Leicester and Michael Mellett for Worcester and Ciaran Booth Sale

RuPi

Zac Ward was in the Worcester squad as well.

connachta

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Premiership 7s on this weekend.
Few Irish involved. Paddy Ryan for Northampton, Fionn Higgins for Leicester and Michael Mellett for Worcester and Ciaran Booth Sale

Still all IQ?

Harryclaim

connachta wrote: »

Still all IQ?

Yes but none that are really good enough to make it in Ireland

The Lost Sheep

Womens squad play round 2 of european series in Kazan Russia this weekend.
Play Poland, Italy and England in group stage
http://irishrugby.ie/news/42418.php#.W4gIHOhKjIU

The Lost Sheep

Womens side won 2 group games. Beating Italy 12-7 and England 27-0 and lost to Poland 17-14.
They were then defeated in the quarter finals by Scotland 17-15 then beat Spain 14-5 and then Italy 28-10 to finish 5th

Mens team play in fourth round of european series next weekend in Poland
They play Portugal, Spain and Italy in the group stage

shotgunmcos

3 wins from the 3 group matches in Lodz
19 - 7 vs Italy
17 - 7 vs Spain
35 - 12 vs Portugal

First 2 games were tough. A few more tries for Terry Kennedy who looks even leaner and quicker. Top try scorer for the series.

10pt cushion on the top of the Series so just one more win will take the European title for the first time. Some year the squad is having. Just one score in Hong Kong the only real missed step.

They should surely get one or new invites onto the HSBC World Series again this season? Ahead of Hong Kong in April would be ideal

The Lost Sheep

Men beat Sweden 47-5, France 42-0 and Germany 35-5 to win tournament

The Lost Sheep

shotgunmcos wrote: »

10pt cushion on the top of the Series so just one more win will take the European title for the first time. Some year the squad is having. Just one score in Hong Kong the only real missed step.

They should surely get one or new invites onto the HSBC World Series again this season? Ahead of Hong Kong in April would be ideal

Might get more world series invites.
Teams only ever get invites to 2 tournaments on the world series so while the actual events may differ from last season the number mightnt change for us

The Lost Sheep

Just confirmation about the olympic qualification set up
http://www.the42.ie/ireland-rugby-sevens-7s-olympic-qualification-4239826-Sep2018/

errlloyd

So effectively we have to hope England qualify via world series, and we beat France in the regional qualifier?

Is Russia European or Asian for the purposes of qualification.

The Lost Sheep

errlloyd wrote: »

So effectively we have to hope England qualify via world series, and we beat France in the regional qualifier?

Is Russia European or Asian for the purposes of qualification.

European. Never competed in Asia in rugby afaik

The Lost Sheep

Ireland Women's 7s Squad for the Hokkaido Governor's Cup in Japan this weekend. Games against Canada, Australia and Japan

Niamh Byrne (Railway Union/Leinster)
Claire Boles (Railway Union/Leinster)
Megan Burns (Tullamore/Leinster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster)
Katie Heffernan (Railway Union/Mulingar (dual status)/Leinster)
Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster)
Brittany Hogan (Cooke/Ulster)
Anna McGann (UCD/Leinster)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum) Captain
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union/Leinster)
Deirbhile Nic A Bhaird (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Westmanstown/Leinster)

The Lost Sheep

IRELAND WOMEN'S SEVENS Squad (Marcoussis Training Tournament, Friday, October 5-Sunday, October 7, 2018):

Stephanie Carroll (Railway Union/Leinster)
Anna Doyle (Tullow/Leinster)
Alexandra Dunne (IQ Rugby)
Katie Heffernan (Railway Union/Mullingar (dual status)/Leinster)
Brittany Hogan (Railway Union/Ulster)
Claire Keohane (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Lucinda Kinghan (Monaghan/Ulster)
Anna McGann (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (Old Belvedere/Munster)
Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Railway Union/Leinster)
Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Dorothy Wall (Fethard/Munster)

guapos

Just on qualifying for the Olympics, I read that England women will represent GB in qualifying, is this the same for the men? If so I assume Scotland and Wales won't be at European qualifying tournament which will make life a lot easier for us.

The Lost Sheep

guapos wrote: »

Just on qualifying for the Olympics, I read that England women will represent GB in qualifying, is this the same for the men? If so I assume Scotland and Wales won't be at European qualifying tournament which will make life a lot easier for us.

Yes it was the same for Rio.

The Lost Sheep

Womens world series starts in Colorado this weekend
Ireland lost to France 21-12, were beaten 24-12 by Canada and beat Fiji 59-7

The Lost Sheep

Ireland just lost to Australia 21-19. Australia got converted try in final seconds to win
Ireland had beaten Russia 21-10 earlier. They finish 6th as a result

The Lost Sheep

Dubai 7s next weekend.
Ireland have 2 womens teams competing. In the world series and a development team competing in the international invitation tournament. Squads been picked but not fully released yet but Ballinasloe RFC players Aoibheann Reilly and Beibhinn Parsons are both in the development squad.
Womens development team will play Tribe7s, Phoenix7s, Germany
Womens world series play Russia, Kenya, New Zealand
Mens side play in international invitation tournament and play Russia, ASC Dukla and France Development

The Lost Sheep

Mens squad named
Billy Dardis, Jordan Conroy, Terry Kennedy, Adam Leavy, Harry McNulty, Bryan Mollen, John O’Donnell, Greg O Shea, Jack Daly, Iwan Hughes, Peter Maher, Hugo Lennox

Womens Development squad
Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster)
Anna Doyle (Tullow/Railway Union/Leinster)
Lecky Dunne (Railway Union/IQ Rugby)
Lauren Farrell-McCabe (Suttonians/Leinster)
Katie Heffernan (Mullingar/Railway Union/Leinster)
Claire Keohane (Railway Union/Munster) (capt)
Lucinda Kinghan (Monaghan/Ulster)
Emily Lane (Mallow/Munster)
Aoibheann Reilly (Ballinasloe RFC/Connacht)
Molly Scuffil-McCabe (Railway Union/Leinster)
Laura Sheehan (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Dorothy Wall (Fethard/Munster)

Womens world series squad
Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster)
Aoife Doyle (Shannon/Railway Union/Munster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster)
Louise Galvin (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster)
Brittany Hogan (Railway Union/Ulster) *
Anna McGann (UCD/Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum) (capt)
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union/Munster)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (Old Belvedere/Munster)
Audrey O'Flynn (Ireland Sevens)
Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

The Lost Sheep

Womens World Series results
Pool A:
Ireland 26 Russia 0, Ireland 27 Kenya 12, New Zealand 24 Ireland 17
Cup Quarter-Final: Canada 24 Ireland 7
5-8th playoff: Ireland 17 England 22
7-8th playoff: Ireland 5 France 17

Womens development team
Pool A: Ireland Development 7 Tribe 7s 12, Ireland Development 29 Phoenix 7s 17, Ireland Development 33 Germany 0
Quarter Final: Arkuas Queen Kumgaya (Japan National side) 19 Ireland Development 0
Delta Drones Tuk 42 Ireland Development 12

connemara man

Good performances in the group stage coming close to beating the black ferns
I wonder did they lose a bit of confidence from that?