Ireland national rugby sevens team
Season Competition Position GP W D L Pts Diff Promotion / Qualification
2008 Championship 4th 7 4 0 3 +33 Qualified for 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens
2015 Division C 1st 6 6 0 0 +271 Promoted to the 2015 Division B competition
2015 Division B 1st 6 6 0 0 +384 Qualified for 2015 Rugby Europe repechage ; Promoted to 2016 Division A ( Trophy ) competition
2015 Final repechage 3rd 6 4 1 1 +31 Qualified for 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament
2016 Trophy 1st 12 12 0 0 +451 Promoted to 2017 Grand Prix series
2017 Grand Prix 2nd 24 21 0 3 +349 Advanced to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier for World Series ; Qualified for 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
2018 Grand Prix 1st 24 23 0 1 +642 Advanced to 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier for World Series
2019 Grand Prix 3rd 12 8 0 4 +90
European competition
Main article : Sevens Grand Prix Series
The Ireland national rugby sevens team competes annually in European competition. Ireland participates in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series, having been promoted to the Grand Prix competition after winning the 2016 Rugby Europe Trophy division. Ireland has previously competed in individual tournaments within World Rugby Sevens Series, and has stated its goal of winning promotion to core team status in the World Series. Ireland also competes in quadrennial rugby sevens tournaments. Ireland has competed in most Rugby World Cup Sevens since the 1993 inaugural event. The team also competes during European qualifying phases for the Summer Olympics, but failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following the announcement in 2009 that rugby sevens would be an Olympic sport beginning in 2016, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) created a men's rugby sevens program in 2014. The IRFU announced in 2015 its goal to field a national sevens team that has a chance to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics and joins the Sevens World Series by 2017.