Stacey Flood: Team Ireland aiming to inspire next generation to take up Sevens rugby

Flood is one of three Ireland women’s squad members to have twice experienced qualification heartbreak, making this year’s achievement in becoming Olympians all the sweeter.

INSPIRING: Budweiser ambassador and Irish Rugby 7s star, Stacey Flood. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Third time is the charm for fulfilling Stacey Flood’s Olympic dream with the Ireland Sevens rugby team but now the Summer Games in Paris are firmly in her sights the next step is convert the next generation to the sport.

Flood, 27, is one of three Ireland women’s squad members alongside captain Lucy Mulhall and wing Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe to have twice experienced qualification heartbreak, making this year’s achievement in becoming Olympians all the sweeter.