Ireland face a baptism of fire in the Women’s Sevens World Series with the announcement of the pools for the Dubai Rugby Sevens next month.
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Ireland have been drawn in Pool A alongside defending champions New Zealand, Fiji and USA and the experience will be hugely beneficial to the Irish team as they bid to make it to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
The Irish team are among 12 international sides from across six continents will compete in the competition.
New Zealand, England and Canada head the three pools as the top seeds.
Ireland qualified as one of eight core teams thanks to their top eight finish at the RWC Sevens in Moscow back in June. The other core teams are Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and USA and these sides will compete in each round.
Ireland will prepare for Dubai with a number of weekend camps and invitational tournaments in The Netherlands this weekend and France over the coming weeks.
IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2013/2014
Round 1 – UAE: Dubai, November 28 – November 30 , 2013 – 7he Sevens Stadium
Round 2 – USA: Atlanta, Georgia, 15-16 February, 2014 – Kenshaw State University
Round 3 – Brazil: Barueri Sao Paulo, 21-22 February 2014 – Arena Barueri
Round 4 – China: Guangzhou, 5-6 April 2014 – Guangzhou University Town Stadium
Round 5 – Netherlands: Amsterdam, 16-17 May 2014 – NRCA Stadium
Ireland women drawn in daunting group for Dubai Rugby Sevens
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