THE IRFU IS ready to embrace men’s rugby sevens again, with qualifying an Ireland team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan the long-term target.
Ireland has been without a senior international men’s sevens squad since 2009, when a side including Munster’s Felix Jones and Ulster scrum-half Paul Marshall finished as runners-up in the bowl competition.
There has been much frustration among the rugby community in Ireland at the lack of IRFU support for men’s sevens in recent years – a women’s team are currently striving to qualify for the 2016 Olympics – but the IRFU are now ready to accept the growing power of the seven-player code……. for the full story go to http://www.thescore.ie/irfu-sevens-2020-olympics-japan-1716637-Oct2014/
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