Ireland Sevens Squads Set For Final Rugby Europe Leg In Hamburg

As the countdown continues to Paris 2024, head coaches James Topping and Allan Temple-Jones have selected experienced squads for this weekend’s action in Germany, with the Olympic Games now less than a month away.

The Ireland Men finished second at the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship opener in Croatia earlier this month, and will be looking for a strong performance in Hamburg in order to topple leaders France and claim the 2024 title.

Topping’s side get their Pool B campaign up and running against Croatia on Friday (kick-off 12.14pm Irish time), before facing Belgium later in the day (kick-off 5.14pm Irish time).

Portugal, who finished fifth in Makarska three weeks ago, will provide the opposition in the final pool outing for the Ireland Men on Saturday (kick-off 11.44am Irish time).

The Ireland Women, meanwhile, are sitting in eighth position after the first leg and will be bidding to bounce back, as a number of their leading players – including Stacey Flood, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, and Eve Higgins – return to Temple-Jones’ squad this weekend.

Czechia, who lost out at the semi-final stage in last weekend’s World Rugby Sevens Repechage tournament for Olympic qualification, are their first opponents on Friday morning (kick-off 10.06am Irish time).

The girls in green will go head-to-head with familiar rivals France in the afternoon session (kick-off 2.44pm Irish time), and they then play Portugal in the final round of the pool stages on Saturday (kick-off 9.36am Irish time).

You can watch all the action live on Rugby Europe TV here.

IRELAND MEN’S SEVENS Squad (2024 Rugby Europe Men’s Sevens Championship Leg 2 – Hamburg Sevens, Sportpark Steinwiesenweg, Hamburg, Germany, Friday, June 28-Sunday, June 30, 2024):

Niall Comerford (UCD RFC)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers RFC)
Sean Cribbin (Suttonians RFC)
Hugo Keenan (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Ed Kelly (Dublin University FC)
Hugo Lennox (Skerries RFC)
Matthew McDonald (Ireland Sevens)
Bryan Mollen (UCD RFC)
Chay Mullins (Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht/IQ Rugby)
Connor O’Sullivan (Lansdowne FC)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne FC) (capt)
Andrew Smith (Clontarf FC/Connacht)
Zac Ward (Ballynahinch RFC)

IRELAND WOMEN’S SEVENS Squad (2024 Rugby Europe Men’s Sevens Championship Leg 2 – Hamburg Sevens, Sportpark Steinwiesenweg, Hamburg, Germany, Friday, June 28-Sunday, June 30, 2024):

Kathy Baker (Blackrock College RFC)
Claire Boles (Railway Union RFC)
Megan Burns (Blackrock College RFC)
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union RFC) (capt)
Alanna Fitzpatrick (Portarlington RFC/Blackrock College RFC)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)
Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC)
Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC)
Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC)
Amy Larn (Athy RFC/MU Barnhall RFC)
Ashleigh Orchard (Cooke RFC)
Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC)

IRELAND SEVENS Fixtures – Rugby Europe Sevens Championships, Hamburg Sevens:

Friday, June 28:

• Ireland Women v Czechia, 11.06am local time/10.06am Irish time
• Ireland Men v Croatia, 1.14pm local time/12.14pm Irish time
• Ireland Women v France, 3.44pm local time/2.44pm Irish time
• Ireland Men v Belgium, 6.14pm local time/5.14pm Irish time

Saturday, June 29:

• Ireland Women v Portugal, 10.36am local time/9.36am Irish time
• Ireland Men v Portugal, 12.44pm local time/11.44am Irish time
• Play-Offs & Ranking Matches

Sunday, June 30:

• Play-Offs & Ranking Matches