Goggin & Wootton Named For Monaco 7s

Director of Sevens Rugby Anthony Eddy has named the Ireland Men’s Sevens squad to compete at the Olympic Repechage in Monaco this weekend which includes two Munster players.

Munster Academy players Dan Goggin and Alex Wootton have been named in the side who featured in the Ireland squad that claimed the first leg of the Rugby Europe Men’s Sevens Trophy last weekend in Sweden.

The overall winner will claim the final Men's Sevens spot at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Ireland have been drawn into Pool A which is one of the most challenging groups featuring Samoa, who claimed the Paris stage of the World Rugby Sevens Series last May, as well as Tonga and Zimbabwe.

Speaking ahead of the team departing to Monaco, Anthony Eddy said;

"The side have been developing well over the past number of months and last weekend's result in Malmö shows that we have a talented group of players in our squad.

This competition is going to be a big challenge. Obviously every team is there to win and be rewarded with the final position in Rio. We've been drawn with Samoa, who are certainly one of the favourites in the competition, also in our pool are Tonga and Zimbabwe and they have a lot of 7s experience.

Ireland Mens 7s Squad – Monaco Sevens Repechage
Adam Byrne – UCD / Leinster
Tom Daly – Lansdowne FC / Leinster
Barry Daly – UCD
Billy Dardis – UCD / Leinster
Ian Fitzpatrick – Lansdowne FC / Leinster
Dan Goggin –Young Munster / Munster
Shane Layden – Buccaneers
Mick McGrath – Clontarf FC
Harry McNulty – UCD
Josh Rowland – Ireland Sevens
Steve Toal-Lennon – St. Mary's RFC
Alex Wootton – Garryowen / Munster

Ireland Men's 7s Squad Fixtures – Monaco Sevens Repechage – Stade Louis II, Monaco
Saturday 18^th June 2016
Ireland 7s v Zimbabwe 7s – 11.22am (local time) / 10.22am (Irish time)
Ireland 7s v Samoa 7s – 2.15pm (local time) / 1.15pm (Irish time)
Ireland 7s v Tonga 7s – 5.30pm (local time) / 4.30pm (Irish time)

Sunday 19^th June 2016
Play-offs

The games will be streamed live via www.worldrugby.org
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