A six hour marathon yesterday as I continue to bring myself up to speed on this version of the game that it seems is going to dominate Women’s Rugby in Ireland for the foreseeable future!

Match replays below from worldrugby.org. Ireland’s match against Russia can be found half way through the video below. 

ROUND 3

Ireland finish Day 1 in Atlanta without a win after going down 10 – 7 to Russia in their final Pool match.

Not a match they should have won, but perhaps one that they could have after a late break by Sene Naoupu led to the second try of the tournament for Hannah Tyrrell which Lucy Mulhall converted. Unfortunately the amount of faffing about they did in the closing minutes resulted in them running out of time. 

However, it’s important that they remained competitive against one of their main rivals for Olympic Sevens qualification and they will get a chance to make a statement against their other main rivals, Spain, who they now face in the Bowl Semi Final at 19:20 UK/Ire time on Saturday. 

ROUND 2

Ireland totally outclassed by Canada to go down 29 – 5 in the opening match of Round 2 in Atlanta. A late try by Hannah Tyrrell saved them from their heaviest defeat ever by the Canadians in an error strewn display. 

Russia also suffer their second defeat, going down 22 – 7 to France so Ireland have a chance to rescue something from a disappointing day when they face the Russians in the last Pool match at 11.20 pm tonight.

	P	W	D	L	PTS
CANADA	2	2	0	0	6
FRANCE	2	2	0	0	6
RUSSIA	2	0	0	2	2
IRELAND	2	0	0	2	2

ROUND 1

That’s a pity – the live stream crashed half way through the Ireland v France game  😐 .

Ireland were 15 – 0 down at that point and they went on to lose 22 – 0. With Canada beating Russia 26 – 5 in the opening game of Pool B the table now looks as follows: 

	P	W	D	L	PTS
FRANCE	1	1	0	0	3
CANADA	1	1	0	0	3
RUSSIA	1	0	0	1	1
IRELAND	1	0	0	1	1

Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad (Atlanta): Ashleigh Baxter, Katie Fitzhenry, Kim Flood, Stacey Flood, Claire Keohane, Alison Miller, Lucy Mulhall, Amee Leigh Crowe, Sene Naoupu, Audrey O’Flynn, Hannah Tyrrell, Megan Williams.

The team will be captained by Lucy Mulhall following a training injury to regular captain Louise Galvin. 

Pools – Atlanta Sevens

POOL A	POOL B	POOL C
Australia	Canada	New Zealand
Fiji	France	USA
England	Russia	Japan
Colombia	Ireland	Spain

Ireland Match Schedule, Friday 8th April.

17:52	France Women	v	Ireland Women
20:14	Canada Women	v	Ireland Women
23:20	Russia Women	v	Ireland Women

All times UK/IRE.