The first Men’s leg of this season’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series takes place in Hong Kong this weekend, just eight short weeks since Ireland won a memorable bronze at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town in September. Facing Kenya first up on Friday, James Topping‘s side have the honour of kicking off the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong […]
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The Ireland Men’s and Women’s Sevens squads, sponsored by TritonLake, have been named for this weekend’s Rugby World Cup Sevens, as excitement builds for the global tournament in Cape Town from 9-11 September. Coming off the back of impressive HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series campaigns, both Ireland teams are brimming with confidence as they prepare to take on the
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Historic agreement sees Rugby 7s included in the European Games Krakow Malopolska 2023 for the first time ever.The event will serve as the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier for Europe. The European Olympic Committees (EOC) and Rugby Europe have announced the signature of an agreement for the organisation of the European Qualification tournament for the Olympic Games
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Ireland’s first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was secured in rowing this morning as the superb Women’s Four of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty won an Olympic bronze in thrilling fashion. The Irish quartet were lying fifth at the halfway mark and, as they passed the 1000m mark, they
Mona McSharry became the first Irish swimmer in 25 years to compete at an Olympic final today, and put in a solid performance this morning in her 100m Breaststroke final, placing 8th overall in a time of 1:06.94. Earlier in the day, a superb performance from Carolyn Hayes in the women’s triathlon saw her finish
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Sailors Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove announced their arrival at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with a splash this afternoon as they finished in first place in their opening 49er class race, edging out Great Britain and Germany. There’s still a long way to go in this competition though, with 12 races in total in
Mona McSharry became the first Irish swimmer in 25 years to compete at an Olympic final today, and put in a solid performance this morning in her 100m Breaststroke final, placing 8th overall in a time of 1:06.94. Earlier in the day, a superb performance from Carolyn Hayes in the women’s triathlon saw her finish
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Mona McSharry continued her impressive form at this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games as she secured a coveted final spot in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke today. Finishing fourth in her semi-final today in a time of 1:06.59, she become the first Irish swimmer to qualify for an Olympic final in 25 years. Elsewhere, both of Team
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Team Ireland Rugby Sevens Squad Named for Tokyo 2020 First Ever Irish Rugby Sevens Team to Compete in the Olympics Team Ireland has officially selected the Rugby Sevens team who will compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. This is the first time that Ireland will field a rugby team in the Games,
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EOC, Krakow-Małopolska agree on preliminary list of sports for European Games The European Olympic Committees (EOC) this weekend welcomed a delegation from Poland to the CONI headquarters in Rome for discussions on the 3rd edition of the European Games (EG), which are scheduled to take place in Krakow-Małopolska in summer 2023. The meeting was led
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As the Ireland Men’s Sevens programme continues its preparation for the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in June and July, IRFU director of Sevens rugby Anthony Eddy took his 14-man squad for a three-day training camp in Portugal last month. The selected squad trained with the Portugal and Spain Sevens sides over three days. Included in the squad
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IRFU Director of Women’s and Sevens Rugby Anthony Eddy has confirmed the 12 players to compete in the third stage of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Las Vegas on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. The Ireland team finished eighth overall at the Sydney 7s tournament, their best placing in a
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