Ireland Women’s 7s Squad Confirmed For Canada 7s

Director of Sevens Rugby Anthony Eddy has named the Ireland Women’s 7s side to compete at the Canada 7s in Langford on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of May.

UL Bohemian RFC’s Louise Galvin and Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird, and Cork’s Audrey O’Flynn have all been selected.

The team will be captained by Lucy Mulhall, and shows one change to the side that competed in Japan at the Kitakyushu 7s just over two weeks ago; with Claire Boles coming into the team.

The remainder of the squad all featured in Japan, with Ashleigh Baxter, Kathy Baker, Stacey Flood, Katie Fitzhenry, Galvin, Eve Higgins, Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe, Nic A Bhaird, O’Flynn and Hannah Tyrrell all selected.

Ireland will be familiar with their Pool C opponents Australia, Canada and Spain, as they played all three sides in Japan.

They defeated Spain in their opening game, lost to eventual runners up Australia in their second game and recorded a first ever victory over Canada on Day 2, with debutant Kathy Baker scoring a golden try in additional time to claim the win.

Commenting on the squad announcement, Eddy said;

“This weekend will be exciting because we play three tough games in the pool – Spain will be confident following their Semi-Final finish in Kitakyushu, Australia are in a position that they can wrap up the overall series and Canada will be on home ground. That will certainly be a challenge but the girls know what they are capable of and exactly what is required to get the performance they are looking for.”

World Rugby will broadcast the games via their Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/worldrugby7s/ and website: www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/

The Canada 7s is the fourth stage of the World Rugby Women’s Word Series, with the final stop in Paris on the 8/9/10th June.

The Ireland Men’s and Women’s 7s side will both compete at this summer’s Sevens Rugby World Cup in San Francisco, and tickets are available here: https://www.rwcsevens.com/tickets

Ireland Women’s 7s Squad for Canada 7s, Langford
Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke RFC)
Kathy Baker (Blackrock College RFC)
Claire Boles (Enniskillen RFC)
Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College RFC)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC)
Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian RFC)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum RFC)
Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Railway Union RFC)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (UL Bohemian RFC)
Audrey O’Flynn (Ireland Sevens)
Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere RFC)

HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series – Canada 7s – Ireland Fixtures
Pool C – Day 1
Saturday 12th May 2018
Spain v Ireland – 11:14am (local time)/7:14pm (Irish time)
Australia v Ireland – 2:30pm (local time)/10:30pm (Irish time)
Sunday 13th May
Ireland v Canada – 5:00pm (local time)/1:00am (Irish time)

Day 2
Sunday 13th May
Play-Offs

For more information on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, visit here: http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series.