There are several changes to the Ireland Women's Sevens squad which will complete in the final leg of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series this weekend in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Having competed at the first stage of the Rugby Europe Grand Prix last weekend in Malemort, Captain Lucy Mulhall, Ulster's Ashleigh Baxter and Louise Galvin all picked up knocks and have been replaced by Enniskillen's Claire Boles, Chloe Blackmore and Niamh Byrne.

Boles and Byrne join Anna McGann as the uncapped members of the squad, while Blackmore made her debut in Brive last September. Boles, Blackmore and McGann have all come through the Ireland underage 7s setup before joining the programme, while Byrne joined the programme having impressed at club level.

Audrey O'Flynn will captain the side in the absence of Mulhall.

Speaking on the changes, Head Coach Anthony Eddy said;

"This weekend provides an opportunity for some players to gain valuable World Series exposure and also as a result of playing two tournaments in a row it is important we have some fresh players ready to perform.

"In a physical opening round of the Grand Prix last weekend, Lucy, Ashleigh and Louise picked up knocks, so while we could have pushed to have them available for this weekend, we made the decision to include Claire, Chloe, Niamh and Anna to provide them with some game time and valuable experience.”

IRELAND WOMEN'S SEVENS Squad (HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series - Leg 6, Gabriel Montpied Stadium, Clermont-Ferrand, Saturday, June 24-Sunday, June 25):

Chloe Blackmore (St. Mary's College RFC/Munster)
Claire Boles (Enniskillen/Ulster)*
Niamh Byrne (Railway Union/Leinster)*
Claire Keohane (UL Bohemian RFC / Munster)
Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC / Leinster)
Kim Flood (Railway Union RFC / Leinster)
Katie Heffernan (Mullingar RFC / Railway Union RFC (dual status) /Leinster)
Anna McGann (Buccaneers/UCD (dual status)/Leinster) *
Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Railway Union RFC / Munster)
Audrey O'Flynn (Ireland 7s Programme) (captain)
Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere RFC / Leinster)
Megan Williams (St. Mary's College RFC)

*denotes uncapped at this level

HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series – Clermont 7s – Ireland Fixtures

Pool A – Day 1 – 24th June

Ireland v USA - 12pm (local time) / 11am (Irish time)
Ireland v New Zealand – 3.06pm (local time) / 2.06pm (Irish time)
Ireland v Japan – 5.29pm (local time) / 4.29pm (Irish time)

For more information on the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, visit here: http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series.

Changes to Ireland Women's Sevens squad for Clermont

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