With sights firmly set on the Olympic qualifying tournament, Ireland Men's Sevens got their preparations off to the best possible start on Friday
IRELAND’S MEN ARE on course to top their pool on the opening weekend of the Rugby Europe Championship 7s in the Algarve.
Tries from Zac Ward, Dylan O’Grady, Jack Kelly, Liam McNamara and Jordan Conroy earned a comfortable 31-7 win over Belgium in the Pool C opener.And Ireland continued that ruthless form to beat France 34-7 in their second game of the day.Alexis Levron responded to put the first French points on the board before Smith crossed for his second of the half to make it 22-7 at the break, with Harry McNulty and O’Grady adding tries after the restart to put the result beyond all doubt.
But it was a clinical hat-trick from a familiar face in Beibhinn Parsons that steered Ireland to a 27-0 win over Sweden in their opening game.
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