Irish Rugby and Sevens

sydthebeat

19-0 to Ireland at half time

Cosmo Kramer

31-14 it finished.

Lost Ormond

31-14 win

sydthebeat

Great result

TheAnalyst_

Kennedy, Conroy and Sexton. We could do serious damage in the next year.

Rigor Mortis

Watched that ire v us game, wow we destroyed them

Thank you for posting the link

guapos

Losing 7 nil at half time to GB

Lost Ormond

14-10. Final score
some pace by MaxMcFarland to get score for GB

Another game tomorrow to finish weekend off..

guapos

Not sure if it finished 14 12 or 14 10. A lot of rain in 2nd half

sydthebeat

Women looking go so far against france

19 - 7 with 5 mins left

sydthebeat

great result

ireland women 24 - 7 france

ALMC with a brace

guapos

Usa pretty disappointing in this mornings game, so many handling errors.
33 0 win.

Lost Ormond

Women getting well beaten by France in their game this morning
42-5 loss

TheAnalyst_

English commentators talking about Ireland being possible favourites now and I'd have to agree.

hahashake

Is this a warm up tournament?

sydthebeat

hahashake wrote: »

Is this a warm up tournament?

its a one off invitational.... but absolutely being used by ireland as a warm up for the repechage

hahashake

It bodes well anyway. Has Ireland Men's side played France yet?

sydthebeat

hahashake wrote: »

It bodes well anyway. Has Ireland Men's side played France yet?

since when? im sure theyve met in the HSBC

france arent in this GB invitational...
but would be considered as irelands main rivals for the one repechage spot in june

hahashake

sydthebeat wrote: »

since when? im sure theyve met in the HSBC

france arent in this GB invitational...
but would be considered as irelands main rivals for the one repechage spot in june

Ahh OK, I assumed because I saw the France women's team was, that the men's would be too.

Garfin

How did we lose Max McFarland from the Irish system?

errlloyd

Garfin wrote: »

How did we lose Max McFarland from the Irish system?

Cause we didn't have a good 7s system at the time, and he is too small for 15s.

Squidgy Black

Garfin wrote: »

How did we lose Max McFarland from the Irish system?

Was in the Leinster academy and playing with Clontarf in the AIL, but was just that bit too small for 15s to get a development contract, and our sevens program wasn't anywhere close to what it is these days in terms of contracts just for 7s.

Scotland swept in, and gave him a full time contract to play with them (and be linked with Edinburgh).

Cosmo Kramer

He also tried very hard to requalify for the Ireland setup after that but was ruled ineligible based on his previous 7s appearances, so he had to give up on his dream of playing for Ireland a second time and just settle for playing for Scotland instead.

Will probably be the most reluctant member of the entire GB Olympic team if he makes it to Tokyo.

nerd69

That went pretty well it has to be said. When's the Olympic qualifiers?

Thrashssacre

Has there ever been any serious talk about getting Ireland a stop on the world 7s circuit? Probably likely to be in the Aviva if they tried it but i honestly think if they done it in thomond park it would be a bigger success, some 7s tournament really seem to struggle with the attendance and a packed thomond would look Alot better for TV an atmosphere then a half full Aviva.

Lost Ormond

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Has there ever been any serious talk about getting Ireland a stop on the world 7s circuit? Probably likely to be in the Aviva if they tried it but i honestly think if they done it in thomond park it would be a bigger success, some 7s tournament really seem to struggle with the attendance and a packed thomond would look Alot better for TV an atmosphere then a half full Aviva.

Wouldnt be in World Rugbys interest to have a world series event here when you have Twickenham, Paris.

Thomond has held 7s tournaments with some top level players involved yes it was summer time and people away and all that but nobody turned up. A world series with a full irish side and all world series would do better but im not sure it would be better than other venues world rugby could host events in

Hey boy

Lost Ormond wrote: »

Wouldnt be in World Rugbys interest to have a world series event here when you have Twickenham, Paris.

Thomond has held 7s tournaments with some top level players involved yes it was summer time and people away and all that but nobody turned up. A world series with a full irish side and all world series would do better but im not sure it would be better than other venues world rugby could host events in

Aye, they dropped Glasgow a few years back.

ArmaniJeanss

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Has there ever been any serious talk about getting Ireland a stop on the world 7s circuit? Probably likely to be in the Aviva if they tried it but i honestly think if they done it in thomond park it would be a bigger success, some 7s tournament really seem to struggle with the attendance and a packed thomond would look Alot better for TV an atmosphere then a half full Aviva.

I think the attendances are actually a good bit better than they look on TV.
It's a 10 hour day of rugby, so very few are going to sit in their seat for every game.
So when you tune in on TV and see empty seats, it's not necessarily that they haven't been sold - it's a combination of people have gone for food, to the bar for a few pints, gone for an hours walk in the local area, aren't turning up until the afternoon, have gone home early after seeing enough matches, have gone to the merchandising stalls etc.
But because the organisers are limited to selling only the amount of tickets that is the capacity, the attendance at any one time can look underwhelming.

Hey boy

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

I think the attendances are actually a good bit better than they look on TV.
It's a 10 hour day of rugby, so very few are going to sit in their seat for every game.
So when you tune in on TV and see empty seats, it's not necessarily that they haven't been sold - it's a combination of people have gone for food, to the bar for a few pints, gone for an hours walk in the local area, aren't turning up until the afternoon, have gone home early after seeing enough matches, have gone to the merchandising stalls etc.
But because the organisers are limited to selling only the amount of tickets that is the capacity, the attendance at any one time can look underwhelming.

Quite right.

Only been once. Great experience. Players have very relaxed attitude to fans.

Would be great to have a stop here.

Lost Ormond

2 teams for both men and women this weekend to play GB in Dublin this weekend
https://www.irishrugby.ie/2021/06/04/ireland-sevens-squads-named-for-hpc-international-7s-tournament/

Ireland Men’s Sevens Team 1:
Jack Kelly (Dublin University)
Foster Horan (Lansdowne)
Ian Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne)
Jude Postlethwaite (Banbridge/Ulster)
Adam Leavy (Lansdowne)
Billy Dardis (Terenure College)
Sean Cribbin (Suttonians)
Hugo Lennox (Skerries)
Terry Kennedy (St Mary’s College)
Gavin Mullin (UCD)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers)
Aaron Sexton (Malone/Ulster)
Harry McNulty (LA Giltinis)

Ireland Men’s Sevens Team 2:
Ben Moxham (Ballymena/Ulster)
Aaron O’Sullivan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Bryan Mollen (Blackrock College)
Rory Scholes (Irish Sevens)
Liam Turner (Dublin University/Leinster)
Conor Phillips (Young Munster/Munster)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne)
Greg O’Shea (Shannon)
Max O’Reilly (Dublin University/Leinster)
Duran Krummeck (Irish Sevens)
Ed Kelly (Dublin University)
Andrew Smith (Clontarf/Leinster)

Ireland Women’s Sevens Team 1:
Brittany Hogan (DCU/Ulster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster)
Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster)
Emily Lane (Blackrock/Munster)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum/Leinster)
Megan Burns (Tullamore/Leinster)
Amee Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Railway Union/Munster)
Anna McGann (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Katie Heffernan (Mullingar/Railway Union/Leinster)

Ireland Women’s Sevens Team 2:
Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (Old Belvedere/Munster)
Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College/Munster)
Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College/Connacht)
Méabh Deely (Blackrock College/Connacht)
Enya Breen (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Béibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe/Blackrock College/Connacht)
Soneva Scott (Irish Sevens)
Erin King (Naas RFC/Leinster U18)
Mya Alcorn (Blackrock College/Ulster)
Maeve Liston (Blackrock College/Ulster)
Stephanie Carroll (Railway Union/Leinster).