The Ireland Women Sevens squad have secured silverware on their first ever foray to the Hong Kong Sevens even, winning the Bowl final against an International Selection 28-0.<\/p>\n
Ireland kicked off the day against South Africa and were leading right up to the last seconds. A late score saw the South Africans edge the game 17-14.<\/p>\n
Ireland’s second game was against France and with a little fatigue creeping in – seven of the squad were in Milan last Sunday for the Grand Slam – the girls in green went down 17-9.<\/p>\n
Next up was a play-off against the host team Hong Kong and with spirits revived and despite the day heating up they progressed on a scoreline of 33-5.<\/p>\n
The Bowl final, against an International Selection, was played in the high heat of the afternoon – very different from the rain and cold in Milan last weekend.<\/p>\n
Tries from Jenny Murphy and Lynne Cantwell and two conversions from Claire Keohane saw the Irish team race into a 14 – 0 lead by half-time.<\/p>\n
Alison Miller added to her impressive try-scoring haul with the 15-a-side team, early in the second half, and Keohane again converted.<\/p>\n
Then to put the icing on the cake Keohane got in for a fourth try and added the conversion to give Ireland a 28-0 win and silverware on their visit to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the game, Ireland captain Jeannette Feighery said: “This is a good start for us. We have a benchmark now to measure ourselves against. We have a lot of work to do before China next week but we are pleased to win the Bowl final.”<\/p>\n
The Ireland Women’s Sevens squad, coached by Jon Skurr, travel to Guanghzou next week for the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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