page_title: Ireland national rugby sevens team
hierarchical_section_title: Ireland national rugby sevens team
caption_attribution_description: English: European Sevens 2008 (Hannover Sevens) tournament in Hannover, Germany. Second game of Group B, Ireland vs Ukraine. Oleg Kvasnitsa obtaining the ball. The final result of the game was 26:7 for Ireland. Deutsch: 7er-Rugby Europameisterschaft (Hannover Sevens) in Hannover. Zweites Spiel der Gruppe B, Irland gegen die Ukraine. Oleg Kvasnitsa erobert den Ball. Das Spiel endete mit 26:7 für Irland.
context_page_description: The Ireland national rugby sevens team competes in several international rugby sevens competitions. The team is governed by the Irish Rugby Football Union, and has been led by Head Coach Anthony Eddy since 2015.
  Ireland competes as a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series, a competition every year from December to June that includes ten tournaments staged around the globe. The 2019–20 season is Ireland's first season as a core team. At the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens Ireland won the World Series Qualifier tournament for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series, earning “core team” status for the first time.
  Ireland has previously competed in individual tournaments within World Rugby Sevens Series, although not as a core team. Ireland's best World Series tournament was the 2018 London Sevens, where they finished in third place, the first invitational side to reach the semi-finals of a World Rugby Sevens Series event.
  Ireland also competes in major quadrennial rugby sevens tournaments and their qualifying tournaments. Ireland has competed in most Rugby World Cup Sevens since the 1993 inaugural event, with their best results including finishing third in 1993 and ninth in 2018.
context_section_description: The Ireland national rugby sevens team competes in several international rugby sevens competitions. The team is governed by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), and has been led by Head Coach Anthony Eddy since 2015.
  Ireland competes as a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series, a competition every year from December to June that includes ten tournaments staged around the globe. The 2019–20 season is Ireland's first season as a core team. At the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens Ireland won the World Series Qualifier tournament for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series, earning “core team” status for the first time.
  Ireland has previously competed in individual tournaments within World Rugby Sevens Series, although not as a core team. Ireland's best World Series tournament was the 2018 London Sevens, where they finished in third place, the first invitational side to reach the semi-finals of a World Rugby Sevens Series event. 
  Ireland also competes in major quadrennial rugby sevens tournaments and their qualifying tournaments. Ireland has competed in most Rugby World Cup Sevens since the 1993 inaugural event, with their best results including finishing third in 1993 and ninth in 2018. The team also competes during qualifying for the Summer Olympics, but failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  Following the announcement in 2009 that rugby sevens would be an Olympic sport beginning in 2016, the Irish Rugby Football Union created a men's rugby sevens program in 2014. The IRFU announced in 2015 its goal to field a national sevens team that has qualifies for the Summer Olympics and joins the World Rugby Sevens Series. Ireland has since begun offering professional contracts to its squad of sevens players.
  Ireland also participates in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series.
caption: Ireland defeated Ukraine 26–7 at the 2008 European Championship.
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