A STUNNING HAT-trick of tries from Jordan Conroy powered Ireland to a 24-14 win over Kenya in San Francisco overnight.
The victory over World Series regulars sent Ireland into the Challenge semi-finals at the Sevens World Cup. Stan McDowell’s side will face Wales in the last four at 7.34pm Irish time in AT&T Park. The game will be televised live on eir Sport 1.
Hugo Keenan landed Ireland’s opening try, while Harry McNulty, John O’Donnell and Terry Kennedy also performed well, but this was Conroy’s day.
The Tullamore man completed his powerful hat-trick in the space of seven minutes against the World Cup semi-finalists of 2009 and 2013.
“We wanted to give a good performance today after last night,” said Conroy after the game.
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“We were disappointed with the result (45-7) against South Africa, so today we wanted to come out and put in a good shift, and we came out and did that and we’re pretty pleased with ourselves.
“(The approach) was just stick to our tactics and structures, control the possession, control the game. If we do that, the attack will sort out itself and there’s a big emphasis on defence as well. We came in with a good mental attitude and as you’ve seen out there, it worked for us.”
“The fans are absolutely amazing – they bring a great atmosphere to the game. It’s just good to have so much support in the stands. It kinda drives us on into competition to play well for us and play well for them after them all coming to see us, so we want to put a show on for them. We appreciate it a lot.”
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He’s like a piece of Iron, In BOD we trust.
Good man Brian!
Brian O Driscoll is a legend. Irish Rugby wont be the same when he retires.
The best and most professional player ever to play in a green shirt. He is right too.
What an absolute legend this man is! Good on ya Drico, that you weren’t born in Limerick or Cork is all I ever disliked about ya!
Its a shame his success at international is been hindered by a poor coaching ticket.
A great player no doubt and a great ambassador for the game. is he past his prime, in my opinion yes. He is. Ronan, do you think that’s valid? would you rather not have an opinion and merely comment on the opinions of others. A whole…….
I agree he had a good game against Edinburgh. He may not have the pace of when he was younger – but his try against Treviso showed he reads a game like no one else. It has been a privilege to be able to watch him over the years.
Hope you help to deliver a third Heineken cup in a row in Landowne Road in May BOD!
He’s the Javier Zanetti of rugby!
Terrible against edinburgh. He knows well enough it’s over for him this season.thanks for the memories. Dignity is important.
The punishment that man’s body has taken is incredible. He’ll finish up in a wheelchair if he doesn’t give it up shortly.
U either didnt watch the game or ur clueless (or trolling).
Of course hes past his prime – but still has a lot to give. U said he was terrible against edinburgh. Which he clearly was not.
Yawn
Your obviously clueless or a Munster fan
He was about the only decent performer against Edinburgh. De Luca did nothing all game
The headline does not in any way reflect what O’Driscoll actually said, have just listened to the interview on Newstalk!
First few lines say that BOD has “given his strongest indications yet that he would love to stick around for another crack at World Cup success.”, but further down the man himself says: “We’ll deal with the November Series first and, hopefully if I’m still in the mix, the Six Nations next year. After that is still too far away to be considering.”
Any chance you could reconcile that a bit Patrick, because it’s fairly misleading I think?
he should do what the likes of d. o’callaghan and others do. retire. but keep playing for ireland
“Brian O’Driscoll rules out retirement and targets World Cup success.” What does success mean, daddy? Well, son, it means: 1. Qualifying. 2. Not losing to Georgia. 3. Beating England. 4. Going out at 1/4 final stage but taking heart from the fact that we have “learned a lot from this experience” and being on a “steep learning curve.” But does success not mean winning, daddy? Ah no, son. Only if you’re from New Zealand.