Ireland Men: Squad announced for Rugby Europe Grand Prix.

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The Ireland Men’s 7s Squad was announced yesterday for the first leg of the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix which takes place this weekend in Moscow. 

Why is this important?

It’s all about the Olympics this summer for Ireland’s Men and Women’s Sevens Squads with the European Olympic Qualifying tournaments for both teams being held in July. 

The men’s Olympic Qualifier will be held on  13th – 14th July in Colomiers, France and this leg of the European Grand Prix will decide the seedings for the Olympic qualifiers. 

Ireland go into this competition as the number one seeds, but all is not as it seems. Ireland had to win the Rugby Europe Grand Prix last season to get into the Hong Kong 7s this season to qualify for the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Series, which they achieved.

Teams such as England, Spain, France, and Wales, who were already in the World Series would not have fielded full strength teams last season , using it more as a development competition.  

However, with Olympic Qualification now up for grabs . . .

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