Hugo Keenan suffered his second quarter-final defeat in less than a year. It has been a challenging year for Ireland rugby star Hugo Keenan and through no fault of his own. That’s as the fullback’s season, which started with a devastating World Cup quarter-final defeat to New Zealand, ends with an Olympic quarter-final loss to […]

1 year ago

Things just got interesting… IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora has confirmed that a player from each of the provinces can be selected for Sevens duty, next year, with an eye on the 2024 Olympics. The summer games will take in Paris, next year, and Sevens rugby is on the roster of events. Ireland have qualified […]

2 years ago

“Ireland are going to Paris! Book your tickets!” In the early hours of Sunday morning, even with the clocks an hour further ahead in Toulouse, the Ireland Women’s Sevens squad, their coaches, players, friends, family and friends were partying hard. For the first time in this country’s history – albeit with only a recent qualifying […]

3 years ago

FRANCE 19-28 IRELAND The Ireland Sevens side are off to the Tokyo Olympics after a stunning final victory over France at the Monaco Sevens. The event was used as a World Rugby Repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Games, and Ireland qualified in style, despite trailing 12-7 at half-time. Ireland reached the final after wins over […]

5 years ago

“I haven’t looked back since.” Eve Higgins can still remember heading along to watch Ireland Women playing their Six Nations games at Ashbourne RFC, as she was growing up. It was a snug set-up, and it was always hopping. Bus-loads of young rugby fans would arrive in from the four corners of Ireland and pack […]

5 years ago

Get this Sevens World Series craic over to Dublin, pronto. Ireland were at Twickenham as an invitational side for the London leg of the HSBC World Series and they left with a brilliant bronze medal. Having failed to qualify for the full series, the Irish were asked over to take part in a tournament featuring […]

8 years ago