Lane, Breen and Nunan In Ireland Squad

Mallow’s Emily Lane, Bantry Bay’s Enya Breen and St Marys’ Stephanie Nunan have been named in the Ireland Girls’ Sevens side that will compete at the Rugby Europe Women U18 Sevens Championship this weekend.

The Ireland Sevens management have confirmed their squad of 12 to travel to Vichy in France and it features seven players who claimed Bronze at the Schools Games in Loughborough University last weekend.

Brittany Hogan, Claire Boles, Eimear Corri, Ellie Rix, Emily Lane, Enya Breen and Katie Heffernan were all involved in last weekend's competition, with Corri scoring six tries in as many games.

The Irish side have been drawn in a challenging pool with Russia, Germany and invitational side USA.

Coach Stan McDowell is looking forward to seeing how the players get on in France: "We have a very talented group of U18s players and we have selected 12 of those to travel to Vichy this weekend to take part in the Rugby Europe tournament.

"We are going to be up against some very good opposition in Pool C. Germany, Russia and the USA will all have strong teams with them so the players will need to be at the top of their game.

"There was a strong showing last weekend at the School Games, so we'll be hoping the players who were involved there can build on that success, while the new players in the squad will have the opportunity to show what they can do."

The Ireland Girls U18 side will start the competition against Russia on Saturday, before facing the USA and finishing the day against Germany.

Ireland Girls U-18 Sevens National Training Squad
Anna McGann (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Brittany Hogan – (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
Claire Boles – (Enniskillen RFC/Ulster)
Eimear Corri – (Portlaoise RFC/Leinster)
Ellie Rix – (Enniskillen RFC/Ulster)
Emily Lane – (Mallow RFC/Munster)
Enya Breen – (Bantry Bay RFC/Munster)
Kathy Baker – (The Kings Hospital School/Leinster)
Katie Heffernan – (Mullingar RFC/Leinster)
Ruby Keating – (The High School/Leinster)
Sabrina Kennedy – (Cill Dara RFC/Leinster)
Stephanie Nunan – (St. Mary's RFC, Limerick/Munster)

Rugby Europe Women U18 Sevens Championship, Pool C Fixtures:

Saturday 10th September 2016 (timings TBC)
Ireland Girls U18 v Russia
Ireland Girls U18 v USA
Ireland Girls U18 v Germany

Sunday 9th September 2016 (timings TBC)
Play-offs