The Irish Rugby Football Union today added another layer to its Rugby Sevens structures by announcing that a new Sevens Interprovincial Championship for club players will be introduced to take place at the end of this season.

The new Interprovincial Championship will complement the upcoming IRFU Club Sevens Championships that are taking place during May in each of the four provinces.

The IRFU Interprovincial Sevens Championship will take place on Saturday, June 4th in a yet to be confirmed Dublin venue.

The Interprovincial Championship will be used in conjunction with the Club Sevens Championships to continue to build on the existing sevens foundations in Irish Rugby and to begin the process of talent identification for possible future participation at international level.

Only players who participate in the IRFU Club Sevens Championships will be eligible for selection for the provincial teams.

IRFU Director of Rugby Eddie Wigglesworth said,

“Both the Club Sevens Championships and the Interprovincial Sevens Championship are new initiatives to build on the sevens tradition that exists in the individual club tournaments already taking place in Ireland. The concept is to build up the experiences of sevens rugby for club players and through the Interprovincial Championships, bring the cream of that talent together.”

The closing date of April 21st for entering teams into the provincial IRFU Club Sevens Championships is fast approaching and clubs can enter their team by logging onto www.irfusevens.ie.

The championships are open to both men’s (Senior and Junior) and women’s teams drawn from clubs that compete in the regular fifteen-a-side provincial leagues.

IRFU Launch Sevens Inter-Provincial Championship

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