BIOGRAPHY The squad’s only Ulster man who helped Ireland secure Paris qualification a year in advance, and was also selected 2024 Sevens Player of the Year by his peers. Picked on the ‘Dream Team’ at the LA leg of the World Series in April after Ireland took bronze to win back-to-back medals on the tour [...]

BIOGRAPHY Once the IRFU said James Topping could call-up a XVs player from each province to bolster his Olympic squad, Smith was one of his two picks, arriving back a week before Hugo Keenan. He played schools rugby for St. Michaels, was part of the Leinster academy, played U20s international, and won an AIL title [...]

BIOGRAPHY Team captain and one of the ‘OGs’ Lucy was Player of the Match when Wicklow won the 2011 All-Ireland Junior football final. Three years later, while studying science in Trinity College, she got an email inviting her to Sevens trials and she has been Ireland’s beating heart ever since. Their first World Series gold, [...]

BIOGRAPHY Béibhinn was only 16 when she played against USA in Donnybrook in 2018, making her Ireland’s youngest ever XVs international. She emerged through Ballinasloe’s successful nursery and has been a pivotal scorer since making her World Sevens Series debut in 2019, already amassing 300 points (95 this year) in her 100 games on the [...]

BIOGRAPHY Born in Bristol but with grandparents from Meath and Cavan, Chay was recruited through the IQ (Irish-qualified) programme. He scored three tries in four games to help Ireland’s U20s win a Six Nations Grand Slam in 2022, when he was also brought to South Africa as part of an Emerging Ireland team. Part of [...]

BIOGRAPHY Hugo was part of the team in 2017-2019 and his last game then helped Ireland get into the repechage that ensured they qualified for Tokyo 2020. In XVs rugby he first emerged on the Irish team who were beaten finalists at the 2016 U20 World Cup. He scored two tries on his Six Nations [...]

BIOGRAPHY Part of Ireland XVs’ Grand Slam win in 2013 and that famous victory over the Black Ferns (2014), Ashleigh has played in four World Cups (two XVs, two Sevens). She stepped away from the Sevens programme in 2019 after repetitive injury, returned through the development squad in 2022, and, just when she got an [...]

BIOGRAPHY A former sprinter who took up rugby with Clanwilliam at 15 and has been a scoring machine ever since her debut in Guangzhou in 2014. ‘Leigh’ is Ireland’s record try-scorer, with a whopping 985 points (228 tries) on the World Series; 165 of them this season. She is World Sevens’ s Series third highest [...]

BIOGRAPHY Amy has captained the Kildare minors in Gaelic football and also played for the county seniors. She was one of the youngsters introduced for the European Sevens Championship Series last year, and made her World Series debut in Singapore this May. She has just completed the first year of a BA at Maynooth University. [...]

BIOGRAPHY The fifth most capped player in the squad was also a good Gaelic player for Mourneabbey. She was initially reluctant to leave Cork where she was studying biochemistry while playing rugby for UCC and Ballincollig, but a chance meeting with IRFU’s Development officer Stan McDowell persuaded her to take up a central contract. She [...]

BIOGRAPHY Sydney-born King lived for spells in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar where her parents’ work took them, before they returned to their Wicklow roots. She started rugby abroad, played for Naas RFC’s U18s at age 15, and also played inter-county Gaelic at minor level. Erin played in a Sevens World Cup just a [...]

BIOGRAPHY A rampaging runner and tackler who has already scored 433 points (97 tries) in 190 World Series game, including 15 tries this season. Eve started her rugby playing with boys up to U13 level at Barnhall RFC before switching to Railway. She was only 16 when first recruited to the Irish Sevens and XVs [...]

BIOGRAPHY One of the ‘OGs’ who have driven this team to make Olympic history for Ireland, whom their young teammates call the ‘Crusty Dustys’. Stacey played Gaelic football for Dublin underage and was also a promising soccer player. She played for Ireland’s U18 Sevens in 2014 and made her senior debut a year later, when [...]

BIOGRAPHY The squad’s newest recruit who had just finished her Leaving Cert and was still only 18 when she made her debut for Ireland last Summer in the European Sevens Championship Series. She took up rugby with PortDara RFC and was part of their successful U16s before joining Ireland’s development squad. Part of the team [...]

BIOGRAPHY One of the team’s trio of Wicklow players along with her clubmate and team captain Lucy Mulhall and Erin King. Elmes Kinlan earned her place in the senior set-up after impressing in the Under-18 interprovincial series, quickly building her reputation as a high quality tackler and powerful ball carrier. She got a Sevens contract [...]

BIOGRAPHY Sean captained St Fintan's Sutton to their first senior Schools’ Cup final in 2017, when they were narrowly beaten by Clongowes. He has been involved with the Irish Sevens programme since 2019 and helped them qualify for Tokyo 2020, but, aged 22, didn’t make the Olympic selection. He has already exceeded a century of [...]

BIOGRAPHY Niall, who played hurling and football with Kilmacud Crokes in his youth, didn’t take up rugby until his first year in Blackrock College with whom he soon won a Junior Cup. He was recruited to the Leinster Academy with internationals like Joe McCarthy and the Leinster winger made his debut for the Irish Sevens [...]

BIOGRAPHY Megan joined the squad when she was still 18 and was this year’s Irish ’ Sevens’ Player of the Year. She did everything from ballet to horse riding in her youth, starting rugby at U15 level with Tullamore and playing for the Sacred Heart in the IRFU X7s schools’ competition. She says that being [...]

BIOGRAPHY Claire was on the same Enniskillen and Ulster U18 team as future Ireland XVs teammate Kathryn Dane which won the U18 interprovincial title in 2016. She made her Sevens debut a year later and has played 31 times. She made her Six Nations debut in 2019 and has three XVs caps. Claire studied chemical [...]

BIOGRAPHY Kathy was part of the team that clinched their historic place in Paris by beating Fiji 10-5 in May 2023 in the final leg of the World Series, ensuring fifth place on the standings and Olympic qualification. She is also a talented horse rider who took up rugby while a student in Kings Hospital. [...]

BIOGRAPHY Gavin was a late call-up for the Tokyo Olympics but is now a key player. Of his 60 World Series games, 45 were this season when he scored 15 tries. He initially emerged through the Leinster Academy and played for Ireland at the 2017 U20 World Cup. Gavin was an Ad Astra scholarship student [...]

BIOGRAPHY Jack, who captained Ireland in the 2017 U20 World Cup, came through the Leinster academy and is one of the seven survivors from Tokyo 2020. He had a breakout Sevens season in 2019- 2020 and has already played 157 World Series games for Ireland, scoring 175 points and showing both agility and power as [...]

BIOGRAPHY Born in Nairobi to a Dutch father and Dublin mother, Brian has lived all around the world due to his dad’s job as a diplomat. He won a Leinster Schools Cup on a Blackrock team that included Joey Carbery and Caelan Doris, and was part of the team that made Olympic history in 2021. [...]

BIOGRAPHY Another of Ireland Seven’s five ‘Originals’ Ian came through the Leinster academy at the same time as team captain Billy Dardis and played U20 for Ireland in 2014. He made his Sevens debut in Zagreb in 2015 and has been fulltime since 2018 but had a bad run of injuries. He has a degree [...]

BIOGRAPHY Hugo has played 135 World Series games for Ireland (27 this year) and scored 215 points, almost 100 this year alone. Two of his tries ensured Ireland took the bronze medal in Hong Kong this season, which earned Ireland unprecedented back-to-back podium finishes. Hugo starred for Skerries Community School when they got the Leinster [...]

BIOGRAPHY World Rugby’s ‘Sevens Player of the Year’ in 2022 has already scored 550 points on the World Series where he is just five games shy of 150. He scored a hat-trick when Ireland beat New Zealand (36-21) for the first time on the Cape Town leg this season, helping them finish second on the [...]

BIOGRAPHY The highest try scorer on the entire World Series in 2020 when also selected on its ‘Dream Team’ and key to all of Ireland’s success, including their historic Olympic debut in Tokyo. Jordan was born in Germany and moved to Ireland at age 10. He showed early promise as a sprinter and soccer player [...]

BIOGRAPHY Greg was a talented sprinter and represented Ireland in the 2011 Youth Olympics in Turkey before coming through the Munster academy. Made his Sevens debut in Lodz 2017. Originally not picked for the final Olympic qualifier but when Gavin Mullen was ruled out with injury he got called up and played a vital role. [...]

BIOGRAPHY A product of the Connacht Academy and played for Lansdowne before joining the Irish Sevens programme in 2017, making his debut in Exeter that year. Took a six-month break from rugby during Covid-lockdown last year to study and graduated with a Masters in finance from UCD the week before the Olympic qualifier in Monaco. [...]

BIOGRAPHY Mark played schools for Blackrock College, U20s for Ireland in 2013, and won an AIL medal with Lansdowne in 2015, and says his switch to Sevens stardom was a happy accident. He was working as a Tag organiser in Lansdowne when a referee tapped him on the shoulder, told him he had a real [...]

BIOGRAPHY From Bosnia in 2015 to a two-time Olympian, Ireland’s captain has clocked up 181 games and 155 points so far on the World Series. Born in Bahrain, Harry won a Munster schools Cup with Rockwell (2011), and played XVs for Garryowen and Munster. One of the ‘OGs’ who clinched promotion to the top tier [...]

BIOGRAPHY A member of the Leinster academy for three years and played for Ireland U20s in 2014-15. Switched to Sevens fulltime in 2017-2018 season after making his debut in Malmo 2016. Succeeded Tom Daly as Ireland captain in 2017 and captain ever since. Billy has a degree in health and performance science from UCD and [...]

BIOGRAPHY Foster is one the team’s five so-called ‘originals’ who have been involved since Ireland’s first Sevens squad was inaugurated in 2015. Started out with Gorey RFC and played U20 for Ireland (2012) before switching to Sevens. Had injury problems pre-Covid but now back to top form. OTHER RUGBY SEVENS ATHLETES{{ vc_btn: title=SEE+ALL+ATHLETES&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%2300ed00&outline_custom_hover_background=%23ffffff&outline_custom_hover_text=%23001136&shape=square&css=.vc_custom_1677079573058%7Bmargin-top%3A+10px+%21important%3Bmargin-left%3A+0px+%21important%3B%7D&link=url%3A%252Fathletes-list%252F&el_class=see-all-athletes }} RUGBY [...]