Daly & McHenry Included For Oktoberfest 7s
26th September 2017 By The Editor
Alex McHenry in action for Ireland U20 last season. ©INPHO/James Crombie
The Greencore Munster Academy duo of Shane Daly and Alex McHenry have been named in the Ireland Men’s 7s squad to travel to Munich to compete at the DHL Oktoberfest 7s on the 29th and 30th of September.
The Cork Constitution teammates are two of an overall 12-man named by Director of Sevens Rugby, Anthony Eddy, today.
Ireland have been drawn in Pool C with Chile and HSBC World Series sides Australia and Fiji. The ‘Flying Fijians’ also won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Oktoberfest 7s is the first tournament for the Ireland Men’s 7s this season as they build towards the World Series Qualifying event in Hong Kong in April and the World Rugby Sevens Rugby World Cup in July.
Speaking ahead of the tournament, Eddy said, “It’s set to be a challenging, but exciting season for the Ireland Men’s Sevens Programme, as we prepare for two major tournaments in 2018.
“We have a strong group of players on the sevens panel and we are getting the season underway earlier this year as we are looking to give the players lots of game time over the coming months.
“The Oktoberfest tournament will give the players the chance to play against top class opposition and the three pool games will be tough but it will be important for us to play against sides who are competing on the World Series as often as possible so that the players can test themselves and develop their game as the season progresses.”
Ireland Men’s 7s – DHL Oktoberfest 7s, Munich – 29/30 September 2017
Will Connors – UCD/Leinster
Shane Daly – Cork Constitution/Munster
Billy Dardis – UCD
Ian Fitzpatrick – Lansdowne FC/Leinster
Hugo Keenan – UCD/Leinster
Adam Leavy – Galwegians/Connacht
Hugo Lennox – Skerries
Alex McHenry – Cork Constitution/Munster
Harry McNulty – UCD
Bryan Mollen – Dublin University
John O’Donnell – Lansdowne FC
Mark Roche – Blackrock College RFC
Ireland Men’s 7s – Pool C Fixtures – DHL Oktoberfest 7s
Friday 29th September 2017
Fiji v Ireland – 13:23 (local time)/12:23
Australia v Ireland – 15:23 (local time)/14:23 (Irish time)
Chile v Ireland – 18:44 (local time)/17:44 (Irish time)
Saturday 30th September 2017
Play-Offs