Cooke's Ashleigh Baxter has been named in the Ireland Womens 7s squad for the upcoming Sydney training camp.
IRFU Director of Rugby Sevens Anthony Eddy will take a squad of 14 players to Australia on Monday for a training camp as part of the preparations for the second stage of the World Rugby Sevens Series at the Sydney Sevens.
The squad will stay at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in Narrabeen, New South Wales and will train alongside the Australian Women's Sevens team during the camp.
It will be the second successive year that the team have travelled to Narabeen, which is the training base of the Australian Women's Sevens squad, who won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and are the current holders of the World Rugby World Sevens Series title.
Speaking ahead of the squad departing for Sydney, Eddy said;
"This camp in Narrabeen will be important for our build-up to the Sydney Sevens Tournament.
The preparation time in Australia will allow us to adapt to the summer weather, which has been very hot in recent weeks and will also allow the squad to recover fully from the long trip.
Having the opportunity to train with the Australian Women's Sevens team, who are Olympic gold medallists and won the World Sevens Series last season should prove highly beneficial for the players as we head into round two of the series in Sydney.”
The Sydney Sevens will take place at the Allianz Stadium on Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of February. Similar to last December's Dubai Sevens, and next March's Las Vegas Sevens, the Women's Sevens Series will be paired with the Men's Sevens Series, with the tournaments overlapping on the Saturday.
Ireland's 12-women squad for the Sydney tournament will be finalised after the Narrabeen camp.
For more information around the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, visit here: http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series
Ireland Women's Sevens Squad for Narrabeen Training Camp:
Ashleigh Baxter – Cooke / Ulster
Chloe Blackmore – St. Mary's College / Munster
Nicole Cronin – Shannon / Munster
Katie Fitzhenry – Blackrock College RFC / Leinster
Kim Flood – Railway Union / Leinster
Stacey Flood – Railway Union / Leinster
Louise Galvin – UL Bohemians / Munster
Katie Heffernan – Mullingar / Railway Union (dual status) / Leinster
Lucy Mulhall – Rathdrum RFC / Leinster
Emma Murphy - Railway Union / Leinster
Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe - Railway Union / Munster
Hannah Tyrrell – Old Belvedere / Leinster
Megan Williams – Ireland 7s Programme
Susan Vaughan – Railway Union / Leinster
IRFU Director of Rugby Sevens Anthony Eddy will take a squad of 14 players to Australia on Monday for a training camp as part of the preparations for the second stage of the World Rugby Sevens Series at the Sydney Sevens.
The squad will stay at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in Narrabeen, New South Wales and will train alongside the Australian Women's Sevens team during the camp.
It will be the second successive year that the team have travelled to Narabeen, which is the training base of the Australian Women's Sevens squad, who won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and are the current holders of the World Rugby World Sevens Series title.
Speaking ahead of the squad departing for Sydney, Eddy said;
"This camp in Narrabeen will be important for our build-up to the Sydney Sevens Tournament.
The preparation time in Australia will allow us to adapt to the summer weather, which has been very hot in recent weeks and will also allow the squad to recover fully from the long trip.
Having the opportunity to train with the Australian Women's Sevens team, who are Olympic gold medallists and won the World Sevens Series last season should prove highly beneficial for the players as we head into round two of the series in Sydney.”
The Sydney Sevens will take place at the Allianz Stadium on Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of February. Similar to last December's Dubai Sevens, and next March's Las Vegas Sevens, the Women's Sevens Series will be paired with the Men's Sevens Series, with the tournaments overlapping on the Saturday.
Ireland's 12-women squad for the Sydney tournament will be finalised after the Narrabeen camp.
For more information around the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, visit here: http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series
Ireland Women's Sevens Squad for Narrabeen Training Camp:
Ashleigh Baxter – Cooke / Ulster
Chloe Blackmore – St. Mary's College / Munster
Nicole Cronin – Shannon / Munster
Katie Fitzhenry – Blackrock College RFC / Leinster
Kim Flood – Railway Union / Leinster
Stacey Flood – Railway Union / Leinster
Louise Galvin – UL Bohemians / Munster
Katie Heffernan – Mullingar / Railway Union (dual status) / Leinster
Lucy Mulhall – Rathdrum RFC / Leinster
Emma Murphy - Railway Union / Leinster
Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe - Railway Union / Munster
Hannah Tyrrell – Old Belvedere / Leinster
Megan Williams – Ireland 7s Programme
Susan Vaughan – Railway Union / Leinster