Ireland v England, Stade Jean-Bouin, 3.54pm local time/2.54pm Irish time Greg O’Shea (Shannon) Middleton said: "Atlanta is a fantastic draw for us with Australia as our first game. It took less than a minute for the Aussies to cross in the second half with Alicia Lucas finishing off a high-tempo attacking chain to score in the eighth minute. Joe Pincus was first on the board for Australia before captain Lewis Holland was binned for a high tackle. With the Rugby Europe Olympic qualifying tournament taking place on July 13-14 in Colomiers, Anthony Eddy, the IRFU’s Director of Sevens Rugby, has made four changes to the squad that lined out in Twickenham as he looks to give players more opportunities and game-time against the world’s top teams.
The teams were going titi-for-tat until a yellow card for promising youngster Locky Miller opened the door for Ireland to nab the winner at the death. Harmanpreet Kaur (42*) and Deepti Sharma (12*) obliged with three balls to spare. England are also one of six teams announced by the International Rugby Board as "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13.

Off the back of their sixth place finish in London, the Ireland Men’s Sevens squad will gain further experience on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series when they compete as the invitational team at the Paris Sevens, which takes place this weekend at Stade Jean-Bouin, the home of Stade Français. Pincus nabbed his second to square things up but another card gave Ireland the opportunity to clinch the win. I think the management prefer specialist flankers. Now that the Azzurre are getting ever closer to England and France in standard, it would be preferable to see their top players staying with their home clubs. However the elite squad later moved to be permanently based at Surrey Sports Park at the University of Surrey in Guildford, with the maintaining their links with the local area and keeping Old Isleworthians RFC as their training and playing base. Yes, lots of talent waiting in the wings. Lewandowski and Pernille Harder voted UEFA Players of the Year. Has Kerr ever played back-row? http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2019/03/21/is-the-womens-six-nations-in-good-shape/. But she’s 1st-choice hooker.

Sydney Gregson, who made her World Series debut in Biarritz in June, links up with the group after spending last season at Tyrrells Premier 15s champions Saracens.

"They're a side we don't play that often and if we want to improve, we need to be able to go out and beat those sides. Madison Ashby had the final say of the opening seven minutes with a quick tap for the third try of the half for the Aussies. Being in Australia watching the videos of my very talented niece is the only way I get to see her play, she really is an amazing little player, very proud of her xx. Eve Higgins (Railway Union/Leinster) England will begin their Six Nations campaign against Ireland in Dublin on February 1. Beth Wilcock joins from Harlequins and featured in England U20s’ Tri-Nations Cup matches in July while uncapped Jodie Ounsley is a new addition to the programme and was awarded a Sevens contract in August 2019 following a spell at Loughborough Lightning. The 35-player squad includes 28 full-time professionals, the first to be awarded in the 15s game by the Rugby Football Union, with seven further players who will come into England camps and training but not join the full-time programme. Alicia Lucas, University of New England, NSW, 31 caps, 11. Faith Nathan, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 1 cap, 10. The squad, which will be based at Bisham Abbey, includes six new names in this year's EPS, including five players who made their England debuts during the 2018 Quilter Internationals. Australia has named its squad for the opening round of the of the 2019-2020 women's Sevens World Series in the US next weekend. Shannon Parry, University of Sydney, Queensland, 27 caps, 2.