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Ireland players celebrate after the European Games final

Ireland sevens win European gold and book Olympic place

Ireland's men's sevens team have secured qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games after winning gold at the European Games in Krakow.

Rugby • 27 Jun 23

Zac Ward (left) and Andrew Smith (right) celebrate Ireland's third try in the semi-final win

Ireland Sevens one win from Euro gold and Olympic spot

The Ireland men's Sevens team are just one win away from securing their place at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, after reaching the final of the European Games in Krakow.

Rugby • 27 Jun 23

Jordan Conroy scored the second of Ireland's three tries against Germany

Ireland Sevens into semi-final at Olympic qualifier

The Ireland men's Sevens team remain on track for an Olympic qualification spot, with wins against Germany and Belgium seeing them advance to the semi-finals of the European Games in Krakow.

Rugby • 26 Jun 23

Smith was part of the Ireland squad that finished third at the World Cup Sevens in South Africa last month

Sevens recruit Smith hoping to emerge against the Pumas

Having won a bronze World Cup Sevens medal with Ireland last month, Andrew Smith is back in South Africa as part of Simon Easterby's Emerging Ireland squad.

Rugby • 05 Oct 22

Ireland players celebrate the victory over Australia

World Cup bronze a 'stepping stone' for Sevens stars

Ireland Sevens captain Billy Dardis says his team harbour realistic ambitions of an Olympic medal after another landmark occasion for the side.

Rugby • 12 Sep 22

Australia finished two points ahead of South Africa in the final standings

Australia crowned World Sevens Series champions in LA

Australia claimed their maiden men's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title by clinching bronze in the series finale in Los Angeles.

Rugby • 29 Aug 22

Ireland pick up silver in first final appearance

Ireland's first-ever appearance in a men's sevens final ended in disappointment as they lost out to Fiji 29-17, a result that secured the silver medal in Toulouse.

Rugby • 23 May 22

Tyrrell played for Ireland in last year's Six Nations before concentrating on GAA

Tyrrell can understand departures during Six Nations

Hannah Tyrrell says she can understand why some players departed Ireland's Six Nations squad in the middle of the tournament.

Rugby • 29 Apr 22

Doyle looks set to claim her first start of this year's championship

Doyle details Irish challenges as gap to England grows

Women's rugby, and Ireland's status in women's rugby, has changed quite a bit since Aoife Doyle won the first of her eight caps.

Rugby • 22 Apr 22

Ireland finish fourth at the Singapore Sevens

Ireland heartbreakingly missed out on a place in the final of the Singapore Sevens and eventually had to settle for fourth place overall.

Rugby • 10 Apr 22

Murphy Crowe scored Ireland's opening try in the 27-19 defeat to Wales

Players 'trust' IRFU to find 15s and Sevens balance

Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe says she and her teammates 'trust' that the powers that be will find the right balance between sevens and 15s rugby in the women's game.

Rugby • 30 Mar 22

Eddy has been director of sevens and women's rugby since 2014

Women's rugby director Anthony Eddy resigns

IRFU director of women's and sevens rugby Anthony Eddy has resigned with immediate effect.

Rugby • 03 Mar 22

Lucy Mulhall in action during the Women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 match against Brazil

'Special' Sevens success in Seville spurring Ireland on

Ireland Sevens captain Lucy Mulhall speaks to RTÉ's Game On about the historic run to the final of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens in Seville.

Rugby • 01 Feb 22

It was a first appearance in a world series final for Ireland

Silver for Ireland in Seville Sevens

Ireland had to settle for silver as they lost out to Australia in the final of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens in Seville.

Rugby • 30 Jan 22

Ireland missed out on qualification for the Rugby World Cup earlier this year

IRFU are not 'neglecting' women's 15s game - Eddy

Ireland's director of women's rugby says it's "incorrect" to suggest that the IRFU have neglected the 15-a-side game, in favour of the sevens program.

Rugby • 09 Nov 21

Billy Dardis captained Ireland at the Olympic Games in Tokyo

Experienced trio return to Sevens squad in Edmonton

Billy Dardis, Jordan Conroy and Aaron O'Sullivan have all been added to the Irish squad for the second leg of their HSBC World Series in Canada this weekend.

Rugby • 22 Sep 21

Top try-scorer Conroy on Sevens team of the year

Jordan Conroy was among the big winners at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 Awards today, as the Ireland winger was crowned top try scorer and earned a place on the Men's Dream Team for his standout performances last season.

Rugby • 21 Sep 20

Foster Horan going over for a try against Jamaica

Solid start for the Irish at World Rugby Sevens Series

Ireland have followed up this morning's win over Jamaica by drawing with Uruguay in their second pool game at the World Rugby Sevens Series qualifying tournament in Hong Kong.

Rugby • 05 Apr 19

Ireland men's Sevens win Challenge Trophy in San Fran

The Ireland men's Sevens team have won the Challenge Trophy at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco.

Rugby • 23 Jul 18

Ireland's Tom Daly and Lucy Mulhall are one big step away from Rio

Tough draw for Irish men in Rio Sevens qualifier

The scale of the task facing Ireland's men's sevens side as they bid to qualify for the Olympic Games was brought into sharp focus after they were handed a difficult pool draw for the World Olympic Repechage.

Rugby • 24 May 16

Ireland beat New Zealand at the World Cup in August

IRFU appoint three new staff for women's rugby

The Irish Rugby Football Union have announced three full-time coaching and support appointments for representative women's rugby in Ireland, including Tom Tierney as head coach.

Rugby • 12 Dec 14

The likes of Kurtley Beale and Israel Folau will have to get on board the sevens train soon if they have an Olympic ambitions

O'Connor: Blow-ins not welcome in Aussie 7s set-up

Australian rugby stars like Israel Folau or Kurtley Beale will have to commit to the national sevens project well before the 2016 Rio Games or miss out on their chance at an Olympic medal.

Rugby • 09 Oct 13

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