Ireland national rugby sevens team

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:

Ireland 19–21 Australia

Squad

1993 Squad

Squad	Vinnie Cunningham (St. Mary's Coll) • Eric Elwood (Lansdowne) • Mick Galwey (Shannon) • Jonathan Garth (Wanderers) • Brian Glennon (Lansdowne) • Paddy Johns (Dungannon) • Denis McBride (c, Malone) • Billy Mulcahy (Skerries) • Alain Rolland (Blackrock Coll) • Richard Wallace (Garryowen)

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1997

Results

First Group Stage:

Ireland 22–31 Argentina
Ireland 5–38 South Africa

Second Group Stage:

Ireland 7–34 South Africa
Ireland 5–26 Hong Kong

Bowl Quarter-final:

Ireland 33–5 Portugal

Bowl Semi-final:

Ireland 22–24 Japan

Squad

1997 Squad

Squad	Jonathan Bell (Northampton) • Ben Cronin (Garryowen) • Kieron Dawson (London Irish) • Denis Hickie (St. Mary's Coll) • David Humphreys (London Irish) • Niall Malone (Leicester) • Denis McBride (c, Malone) • Eric Miller (Leicester) • Richard Wallace (Saracens) • Niall Woods (London Irish)

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2001

Results

Group Stage:

Ireland 5–41 Fiji
Ireland 31–10 Kenya
Ireland 19–19 South Korea
Ireland 12–33 Argentina
Ireland 5–28 Russia

Bowl Quarter-final:

Ireland 24–19 Chinese Taipei

Bowl Semi-final:

Ireland 12–33 Portugal

Squad

2001 Squad

Squad	Jan Cunningham (Dungannon) • Andy Dunne (Old Belvedere) • James Ferris (Blackrock Coll) • Derek Hegarty (Shannon) • Aidan Kearney (Dungannon) • Aidan McCullen (Lansdowne) • Conor McPhillips (St. Mary's Coll) • Matt Mostyn (Newport) • David Quinlan (Blackrock Coll) • James Topping (Ballymena)

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2005

Results

Group Stage:

Plate Quarter-final:

Ireland 14–19 Samoa

Squad

2005 Squad

Squad	Mark Bruce (Loughborough Uni) • Kevin Croke (UCD) • David Hewitt (Clontarf) • Ian Humphreys (c, Belfast Harlequins) • Tomás O'Leary (Dolphin) • Andy Maxwell (Ballymena) • Michael McCornish (Ballymena) • Martin McPhail (UL Bohemian) • James Norton (UCD) • Brendan O'Connor (Cork Con) • Niall Ronan (Lansdowne) • Brian Tuohy (Shannon)

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2009

Results

Group Stage:

Ireland 5–35 Samoa
Ireland 24–21 Australia
Ireland 5–17 Portugal

Bowl Quarter-final:

Ireland 24–5 Arabian Gulf

Bowl Semi-final:

Ireland 22–15 Hong Kong

Bowl Final:

Ireland 14–17 Zimbabwe

Squad

2009 Squad

Squad	Gary Brown (Blackrock Coll) • Kieran Campbell (c, Galwegians) • Brian Carney (Clonakilty) • James Coughlan (Dolphin) • Conan Doyle (Garryowen) • Tom Gleeson (Cork Con) • Eoghan Grace (Shannon) • Felix Jones (Old Belvedere) • Paul Marshall (Ballynahinch) • Danny Riordan (Buccaneers) • Kyle Tonetti (Blackrock Coll) • Brian Tuohy (Cornish Pirates)

^[5]

2016 Olympics qualifying

Division C Qualifying

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

Group stage:

Ireland 43 – 5 Turkey
Ireland 60 – 0 Belarus
Ireland 59 – 5 Montenegro

Cup Quarter-final:

Ireland 38 – 10 Austria

Cup Semi-final:

Ireland 41 – 0 Turkey

Cup Final:

Ireland 50 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina

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:

Ireland 54–0 Slovenia
Ireland 64–0 Bulgaria
Ireland 57–0 Austria

Cup Quarter-final:

Ireland 76–0 Malta

Cup Semi-final:

Ireland 59–0 Slovenia

Cup Final:

Ireland 74–0 Serbia

Squad

2015 Squad

Squad

Cian Aherne (Lansdowne) • Tadgh Beirne (Lansdowne) • Alan Bennie (Clanwilliam) • Adam Byrne (UCD) • Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch) • Tom Daly (Lansdowne) • Matthew D'Arcy (St. Mary's Coll) • Ian Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne) • Dan Goggin (Young Munster) • Eoghan Grace (Exiles) • Foster Horan (Lansdowne) • Alex Kane (Exiles) • Terry Kennedy (St. Mary's Coll) • Michael Lawton (Exiles) • Shane Layden (Buccaneers) • Gearoid Lyons (Young Munster) • Diarmaid McCarthy (Young Munster) • David McGuigan (Ballynahinch) • Harry McNulty (UCD) • David Moore (Blackrock Coll) • Luke O'Dea (Shannon) • Matthew O'Reagan (Exiles) • Mark Roche (Lansdowne) • Steve Toal-Lennon (St. Mary's Coll) • Conor Toolan (St. Mary's Coll) • Ciaran Wardle (Exiles) • Alex Wootton (Garryowen)

^[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

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Romania

Germany

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Georgia

Belgium

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Georgia

Germany

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Russia

Portugal

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Russia

Third place

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Ireland

Georgia

Lithuania

Ireland

19 July 2015 – Lisbon

Other notable players

Shamrock Warriors RFC

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]

References

↑ "Ireland finally look to take Sevens seriously ahead of Rio 2016". More Than the Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
↑ "Ireland Men's Sevens Squad And Structures Announced", 19 May 2015.
1 2 "Sevens". IrishRugby.ie. Irish Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
1 2 "RWC Sevens: Ireland Match Schedule: Sevens Stats". IrishRugby.ie. Irish Rugby Football Union. 15 March 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
↑ "Ireland Squad Announced For RWC Sevens". IrishRugby.ie. Irish Rugby Football Union. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
↑ "Ireland Men's Sevens Squad And Structures Announced". IrishRugby.ie. Irish Rugby Football Union. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
↑ "Williams' Warriors must wait for Rio call". BreakingNews.ie (Landmark Digital). 29 March 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
↑ Hugh Farrelly (29 March 2011). "Warriors look to Rio". Independent.ie (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 18 May 2011.
↑ "IRFU Looks for Sevens Players". IrishRugby.ie (Irish Rugby). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

National rugby sevens teams

World Rugby Sevens Series core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales

Other teams (Tier 1 & 2 nations in bold)	American Samoa Andorra Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Georgia Germany Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Morocco Nauru Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Thailand Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Wallis and Futuna West Indies Zimbabwe

Defunct	Arabian Gulf Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany USSR Yugoslavia

World Rugby Sevens Series

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 events	Dubai South Africa New Zealand Australia USA Canada Hong Kong Singapore France London

Former events	Beijing Cardiff Japan Kuala Lumpur Mar del Plata Punta del Este Scotland Shanghai Suva

Current stadiums	Allianz Stadium BC Place The Sevens Stade Jean-Bouin Hong Kong Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Singapore National Stadium Cape Town Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium

Rugby union in Ireland

Governing body

Irish Rugby Football Union

Provinces

National teams

Men's	Ireland Wolfhounds Emerging Universities Exiles 7's U-20 Schoolboys British and Irish Lions

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations

Professional Club	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup Pro12 British and Irish Cup

National Club	All-Ireland League All-Ireland Cup Connacht Senior Cup Leinster Senior Cup Munster Senior Cup Ulster Senior Cup Connacht Senior League Leinster Senior League Munster Senior League Ulster Senior League

National sports teams of Ireland

A1 GP M Basketball M W M U/19 M U/17 W U/19 W U/17 Cricket M W Field hockey M W Football M W Handball M Hurling M Ice hockey M W J U/18 Korfball M/W Netball W Pitch and putt M Racquetball M Roller derby W Rugby league M W Rugby union M MU-20 M7 W W7 Soccer M W Squash M W Tennis M W Volleyball Water polo M

Olympic Games Paralympic Games European Games

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Ireland national rugby sevens team

1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament

Rugby World Cup Sevens

1993

Results

Squad

1997

Results

Squad

2001

Results

Squad

2005

Results

Squad

2009

Results

Squad

2016 Olympics qualifying

Division C Qualifying

Division B Qualifying

European repechage

Other notable players

Shamrock Warriors RFC

IRFU looks for Sevens Players

See also

References