Ireland national rugby sevens team
| Union | Irish Rugby Football Union | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach(es) | James Topping | ||
| Captain(s) | Harry McNulty | ||
| Most caps | Harry McNulty (181) | ||
| Top scorer | Jordan Conroy (615) | ||
| Most tries | Jordan Conroy (123) | ||
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| First international | |||
| New Zealand 18–22 Ireland (7 April 1973) | |||
| Largest win | |||
| Hungary 0–80 Ireland (1 June 1996) | |||
| Largest defeat | |||
| Fiji 56–0 Ireland (23 November 2000) | |||
| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | 3rd place (1993, 2022) | ||
The Ireland national rugby sevens team competed in several international rugby sevens competitions. The team was governed by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). In May 2025 the IRFU dismantled the programme at the end of the 2024/25 season, insisting the move was part of "a broader strategic effort to ensure the IRFU's long-term financial sustainability.
Ireland competed as a 'core team' on the World Rugby Sevens Series, a competition held every year from winter to spring around the globe. The 2019–20 season was 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. Prior to this Ireland had competed in individual tournaments within World Rugby Sevens Series, though not as a core team. Ireland became the first non-core side to medal at a World Series tournament at the 2018 London Sevens, where they finished in third place. Following their inclusion as a core side, they earned 2nd-place finishes twice, at the 2022 France Sevens and the 2022 Dubai Sevens.
Ireland also competed 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 2022. The team also competed during qualifying for the Summer Olympics, but failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 20 June 2021 Ireland qualified for the 2020 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 programme in 2014. In 2015, the IRFU announced its goal to field a national sevens team that would qualify for the Summer Olympics and the World Rugby Sevens Series. Thereafter Ireland began offering professional contracts to its squad of sevens players. In 2022 Ireland equalled their best ever World Cup Sevens performance, winning the bronze medal.
Ireland also participated in the Rugby Europe Sevens Series.