Matt Williams The IRFU gets almost all the big calls right, but axeing the mens Sevens programme is shameful

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News Source : The Irish Times

News Summary

  • For many years, politics within the IRFU kept Ireland from participating in the global Sevens programme
  • Sevens Rugby is a singularly elite sport
  • It is not a step along the path of a player’s developmental process to play 15s
  • The IRFU are wrong to compare international sevens with provincial academies
For many years, politics within the IRFU kept Ireland from participating in the global Sevens programme. In 2009, the excitement surrounding Sevens reached fever pitch when the game was accepted into [+5894 chars]

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