Ireland 7s: U18 Tournament Reviews

Ireland U18 Men and Womens side were competing this weekend with seven Ulster players representing.

(Letterkenny) captained the Ireland Men’s U18 7s squad that won the Rugby Europe Under-18 Men’s 7s Championship in Gdansk, Poland.

Worth was joined in the squad by Ben Moxham (Ballymena),  (Sullivan Upper) and  (RBAI).

(Letterkenny), (Virginia) and (Dungannon) were in the in the Ireland Women’s U18 Sevens squad that came third in the U18 Women’s Home Nations 7s Tournament over the weekend in Swansea.

The details of the tournaments are below.

The U18 Women’s Home Nations 7s Tournament

Ireland U18 Women 7s at the Home Nations Championship. Photo credit Louise Alcorn

Ireland played five games against the other Home Nations. It was a round robin format on Day 1 with Ireland winning all three of their matches to go into Day 2 as top seeds.

A surprise defeat by bottom seeds Scotland at the start of Day 2 saw Ireland drop to the 3/4th playoff where they recorded a resounding win against Wales to finish third.

Scotland went on to lose to England in the final. This was the first time that Ireland didn’t win this competition in it’s three tournaments to date.

Results

(l-r) Ulster players Mya Alcorn, Lucy Turkington and Amanda McQuade at the Home Nations 7s. Photo credit Louise Alcorn

Ireland won four of the five games they played, scoring 112 points from 18 tries and 11 conversions giving a 61% conversion rate. They conceded 64 points in total.

The match results are as follows:

Day 1Ireland267Scotland
Day 1Ireland2212England
Day 1Ireland1910Wales
Day 2Ireland1419Scotland
Day 2Ireland3114Wales

Scorers

PLAYERSCOENGWALSCOWALPLDPTS
Grace Browne Moran (Westport)  X  40
Beibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe) (C) 105510530
Ava Ryder (Westport)     50
Ivana Kiripati (Buccaneers)     50
Kate Farrell McCabe (Gorey)16 29 527
Caoimhe O’Callaghan (Dundalk)    555
Amanda McQuade (Virginia)   X 40
Mya Alcorn (Letterkenny)    555
Lucy Turkington (Dungannon) 72 6515
Méabh McElligott (Listowel)555  515
Marlise Flynn (Carrick-on-Suir)    X40
Chisom Ugwueru (Ennis)5 5X5415
TOTALS262219143156112
X – not available

Captain led the way with five tries, with Méabh McElligott and picking up three each. and Lucy Turkington shared the kicking duties with McCabe landing 6 and Turkington 5.

The Rugby Europe Under-18 Men’s 7s Championship

Ulster’s Jude Postlethwaite hold up the trophy as Ireland U18 Men Sevens team celebrate winning the European Championship. Picture credit Rugby Europe.

Ireland played six games in the European Championship over two days. The Day 1 matches were played in a pool format with Ireland winning two and losing one to finish second in thier pool, behind Georgia.

However, they went undefeated on Day 2 winning their quarterfinal, semifinal and final matches to claim the championship for the first time.

Results

Ireland won five of their six games scoring 158 points from 26 tries and 14 conversions giving a conversion rate of 53%. They conceded 96 points from 10 tries and 6 conversions.

The match results are shown below.

POOL BIreland430Luxembourg
POOL BIreland430Russia
POOL BIreland731Georgia
CUP QFIreland155Germany
CUP SFFrance1424Ireland
CUP FINALIreland2612Spain

Scorers

PLAYERLUXRUSGEOGERFRAESPPLDPTS
Diarmuid Kilcommins (Corinthians)5     65
Michael Cooke (Ealing Trailfinders)892 411634
James Langston (Wasps Academy)      60
Success Edogun (Kilkenny College) 10   10620
Josh O’Connor (Wexford Wanderers)510 1010 635
Aaron Leahy (CBC Cork)55    610
Jack Ward Murphy (Garryowen)      60
Charlie Worth (Letterkenny RFC) (capt)  5   65
Ben Moxham (Ballymena RFC) 5 XXX35
Conor McKee (Sullivan Upper School)54   5614
Jude Postlethwaite (RBAI)10  510 625
Rory Dwyer (Belvedere College)5     65
TOTALS4343715242669158
X – not available  

Wexford’s Josh O’Connor top the scoring charts with seven tries over his six appearances. Inst’s Jude Postlewaite is next up with five followed by Kilkenny’s Success Edogun on four.

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