‘Sevens Heaven’ awaits for our Olympians; Darragh Ó Sé thinks Galway will claim Sam; Shamrock Rovers are left with a mountain to climb
‘Sevens Heaven’ awaits for our Olympians; Darragh Ó Sé thinks Galway will claim Sam; Shamrock Rovers are left with a mountain to climbIreland's Harry McNulty is happy not to have to wait around for the Sevens tournament to start at the Olympics.
‘Let the Games commence,’ they’ll declare at Friday’s opening ceremony in Paris, but by then the Rugby Sevens will be well under way,with games against South Africa and Japan . And captain Harry McNulty is more than happy to get up and running while athletes in all the other sports are still fine-tuning their preparations. “I prefer it,” he tells Ian O’Riordan.
John O’Sullivan sets the scene for the tournaments, the women’s campaign starting on Sunday, and confidently predicts that “Sevens Heaven” will feature liberally in the headlines should either Irish team earn themselves a spot on the podium, although the focus is now shifting to next Sunday’s football final. “I nearly can’t believe we’re talking about football this week,” writes Darragh Ó Sé, reckoning that such was the quality of the hurling final it “should be savoured like good wine.
– “from player to captain, from minor manager to senior coach ... few have given as much to the cause” - while John Fallon gets the thoughts ofin Tallaght, next week’s second leg now having the look of a dead rubber. There’ll be a consolation prize, though, should they get knocked out in the shape of a place in the third round of the Europa League qualifiers.
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