Ireland Men: 2020 Olympic Qualifier Wrap

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The Ireland Men Sevens team recorded a third place finish in the Rugby Europe Olympic Qualifying competition in Colomiers, France over the weekend. 

The result means that Ireland go through to the final 2020 Olympic Qualifying Repechage in June 2020 where they will have one last chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

The team recorded four wins and a draw from six matches scoring 27 tries and 17 conversions (conversion rate 63%) for a total of 169 points. They conceded 10 tries, six of which were converted for a total of 62 points against. 

Ireland’s results over the two days are as follows. 

Day 1Pool BIreland410UkraineDay 1Pool BIreland5214RussiaDay 1Pool BIreland1717SpainDay 2Cup QFIreland210GermanyDay 2Cup SFFrance1912IrelandDay 23rd PlaceIreland 2612Portugal

Good, but was it good enough?

Ireland were one of six Tier 2 countries in the competition. They have been at the top of . . .

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