WATCH: Limerick players prominent as Irish sides enjoy successful World Cup 7s campaigns

Ireland’s women’s 7s side wrapped up a hugely successful showing at the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament, finishing in sixth place after a 12-7 defeat to Spain. The squad had three Limerick based players with UL Bohs Louise Galvin & Deirbhile Nic a Bharid and Shannon’s Aoife Doyle.

Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018. England Women vs Ireland Women
Ireland’s Louise Galvin.  Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

A superb win against the English saw Ireland through to a quarter-final date with eventual champions New Zealand, who eased to a 45-0 success.

Ireland then beat Russia to set up a fifth/sixth-placed play-off clash against the Spaniards. Ireland suffered a narrow 12-7 loss but will the women’s 7s program will take huge confidence from the overall performance.

Ireland women’s squad

Kathy Baker (Blackrock/Leinster), Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster), Aoife Doyle (Shannon/Railway Union/Munster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster), Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster), Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster), Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum, capt), Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union/Munster), Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (UL Bohemians/Munster), Audrey O’Flynn (Ireland Women’s Sevens Programme), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Meanwhile the mens side claimed the Challenge Trophy with a 24-14 final victory over Australia and record a 9th placed finish overall.

Captain Billy Dardis started the try-scoring and Jimmy O’Brien and replacements Terry Kennedy and Greg O’Shea joined him on the scoresheet as Ireland reeled off four tries to Australia’s two at AT&T Park.

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Stan McDowell’s side were amongst one of the most free scoring sides of the tournament with 17 tries across the three days with Dardis and Jordan Conroy touching down for 4 tries apiece.

Beating the Australians was all the more impressive considering that speedster talisman Conroy was sidelined early in the game with a head injury.

Ireland men’s squad

Robert Baloucoune (Enniskillen/Ballymena/Ulster), Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers), Shane Daly (Cork Constitution/Munster), Billy Dardis (UCD, capt), Ian Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne), Foster Horan (Lansdowne), Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster), Terry Kennedy (St Mary’s College), Harry McNulty (UCD), Bryan Mollen (Dublin University), Jimmy O’Brien (UCD/Leinster), John O’Donnell (Lansdowne), Greg O’Shea (Shannon)

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