What time and TV channel is Ireland v New Zealand on today in the Rugby Sevens at Paris Olympics
Harry McNulty's side are are considered potential medallists
Ireland rugby Sevens will play their third Pool A match, against New Zealand in Stade de France, at 3.30pm Irish time, July 25th.
The Harry McNulty captained side opened their campaign with a 10-5 win over South Africa and followed up by beating Japan 40-5 in a second game yesterday.
Those two wins have guaranteed Ireland a place in the quarter-finals, a first-ever for this squad. The games will be confirmed after all the pool games have been completed.
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Quarter-final matches will take place between 8-10pm Irish time. The Men’s tournament concludes on Saturday with the ranking and medal matches,
WHERE TO WATCH
RTÉ 2 - Ireland v New Zealand 'live' with Hugh Cahill on commentary, part of wider Sevens coverage 3.15-4.20pm. Quarterfinal details revealed after the pool stages are completed.
Panel discussion to feature Sevens internationals Hannah Tyrrell and Darren Cave with Darragh Moloney in-studio host.
ALSO - RTÉ Player, the BBC iPlayer and Red Button, and Eurosport 2.
IRELAND SQUAD
Niall Comerford (UCD RFC)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers RFC)
Hugo Keenan (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Jack Kelly (Dublin University FC)
Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s College RFC)
Hugo Lennox (Skerries RFC)
Harry McNulty (UCD RFC) (capt)
Gavin Mullin (UCD RFC)
Chay Mullins (Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht/IQ Rugby)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne FC)
Andrew Smith (Clontarf FC/Connacht)
IRELAND TRY SCORERS (after two games)
2 - Kennedy, Mullin
1 - Conroy, Comerford, McNulty, Lennox, Ward
WHAT THEY SAID
Harry McNulty (Ireland captain): “It is a really encouraging opening day for us, and it’s job done in terms of two wins from two.
“It’s all about a huge pool game against New Zealand tomorrow afternoon as we want to progress through as winners and give ourselves the best possible draw in the knockout stages.
“We have had incredible support in Paris today and it has been electric playing in front of this crowd, so we’re excited to come back tomorrow to raise our game and hopefully progress through the competition.”
James Topping (Ireland Men's Sevens Coach): “We’ve got those first two pool games out of the way, and we’ve got a game against New Zealand that clears the head. We’ve beaten them already in the World Series this year but the rest of the times they’ve put one over on us, so it’s going to be another good test for us.
“The performance against South Africa was really good. We sort of dominated possession and played the way we want to play. It was a tough first half (against Japan), it was only two scores in it at half-time, probably the second was a bit fortunate. I think the guys handled it well, handled that pressure, changed the way we played slightly and then the second half we created a bit of space and we have guys who can finish it off.”
NB NB NB DON'T FORGET
Ireland Women's Sevens team open their campaign against Great Britain on Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm Irish time).
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