Ireland, Six Nations Champions, is the only nation in the IRB’s top 20 rankings without a men’s Sevens side. In that light it might be of interest to note that this weekend in Lisbon an Ireland team will compete in the European under-19 Sevens Championships.

I wrote about this for the Irish Examiner, published Thursday May 8th 2014: http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2014/0508/sport/a-learning-exercise-as-irish-u19s-dip-into-sevens-scene-267894.html

Photo Credit: The Irish u19 Sevens team, playing as the “IRFU President’s Select”, after their victory at he 2014 Carrick Sevens u19 tournament. Photo courtesy of InTouchRugby.com

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