Video Replays: Ireland Women’s RWC Sevens Matches In San Francisco
The Ireland Women’s Sevens team completed their season with a terrific sixth place finish at the Rugby World Cup Sevens, an improvement of three places on their tournament seeding. Relive all the action with our match videos from the weekend in San Francisco.
Giving her take on Ireland’s World Cup Sevens campaign, ever-influential captain Lucy Mulhall said: “It’s bittersweet but overall I think we had a really good weekend. I’m happy with how we performed, the last game (against Spain) probably left us wanting more and we definitely could have come away with a win. But at the same time, we put some good performances together and worked really hard for each other.
“The World Cup experience was incredible. It’s definitely given us so much motivation to burst on and become a top four team. It was a really well run tournament, it was so nice having the boys out here as well, and we just hope that we did Irish Sevens proud.
“The support was class, it was definitely like home advantage. Irish people more than any just travel so well to support everyone. Every time you went out on the field you could hear so many roars for us. Standing in the tunnel next to the other team, I don’t know how that felt for them, but it was unreal and such a good experience for us.”
You can watch all four of the Ireland Women’s games below, including their superb victories over the higher-ranked England and Russia teams, as well as the Cup quarter-final defeat to eventual champions New Zealand and the late play-off loss to Spain.
2018 WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS – FINAL PLACINGS:
1. New Zealand (Cup Champions)
2. France
3. Australia
4. USA
5. Spain
6. IRELAND
7. Canada
8. Russia
9. England (Challenge Champions)
10. Japan
11. Fiji
12. China
13. Brazil
14. South Africa
15. Papua New Guinea
16. Mexico
Click here to view the full Rugby World Cup Sevens results and daily round-ups.
The Ireland Sevens jerseys are available to buy online here from Elverys Intersport, official sports retailer of the IRFU.
IRELAND WOMEN’S SEVENS Squad (2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, AT&T Park, San Francisco, USA, Friday, July 20-Saturday, July 21):
Kathy Baker (Blackrock/Leinster)
Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster)
Claire Boles (Railway Union/Ulster)
Aoife Doyle (Shannon/Railway Union/Munster)
Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union/Leinster)
Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian/Munster)
Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster)
Lucy Mulhall (Rathdrum) (capt)
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (Railway Union/Munster)
Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Audrey O’Flynn (Ireland Women’s Sevens Programme)
Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
IRELAND WOMEN’S RWC SEVENS Results –
Friday, July 20:
Round of 16: England 14 Ireland 19, AT&T Park, San Francisco
Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Ashleigh Baxter, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 2; Cons: Lucy Mulhall 2
Match Report: Murphy Crowe Double Does The Damage For Ireland Women Against England
Team: Louise Galvin, Ashleigh Baxter, Katie Fitzhenry, Stacey Flood, Lucy Mulhall (capt), Aoife Doyle, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe.
Sub used: Audrey O’Flynn. Not used: Hannah Tyrrell, Kathy Baker, Eve Higgins, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird.
Cup Quarter-Final: Ireland 0 New Zealand 45, AT&T Park, San Francisco
Scorers: Ireland: –
Match Report: Ireland Women To Face Russia Following Cup Quarter-Final Exit
Team: Louise Galvin, Ashleigh Baxter, Katie Fitzhenry, Stacey Flood, Lucy Mulhall (capt), Aoife Doyle, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe.
Subs used: Eve Higgins, Audrey O’Flynn, Hannah Tyrrell, Kathy Baker, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird.
Saturday, July 21:
5th-8th Place Play-Off: Ireland 20 Russia 15, AT&T Park, San Francisco
Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Stacey Flood, Eve Higgins, Lucy Mulhall, Louise Galvin
Match Report: Mulhall Praises Ireland’s ‘Teamwork And Grit’ After Pulsating Play-Off Win
Team: Louise Galvin, Katie Fitzhenry, Ashleigh Baxter, Stacey Flood, Lucy Mulhall (capt), Eve Higgins, Aoife Doyle.
Sub used: Audrey O’Flynn. Not used: Hannah Tyrrell, Kathy Baker, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird.
5th-6th Place Play-Off: Ireland 7 Spain 12, AT&T Park, San Francisco
Scorers: Ireland: Try: Eve Higgins; Con: Lucy Mulhall
Match Report: Ireland Women Pipped By Spain But Still Claim Best Ever RWC Sevens Finish Of Sixth
Team: Louise Galvin, Katie Fitzhenry, Ashleigh Baxter, Stacey Flood, Lucy Mulhall (capt), Eve Higgins, Aoife Doyle.
Sub used: Audrey O’Flynn. Not used: Kathy Baker, Hannah Tyrrell, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird.