Louse Galvin: 'I’m going out on my own terms and in rude enough health'

Kerry native Louise Galvin (33) has just retired after five years in the Irish rugby jersey. Finuge’s versatile ‘triple threat’ first excelled as a Gaelic footballer for Kerry and as a basketball player with UK Huskies before being scouted by Irish rugby Sevens. She won 30 caps, scored 22 tries and played in 96 games on the World Sevens Series since her debut in Dubai in 2015 and also lined out for Ireland’s 15s in the 2017 World Cup in Dublin

Ireland Women's 7's Rugby player and former Kerry footballer and UL Huskies basketball player Louise Galvin poses for a portrait at St Catherine's Park in Lucan, Dublin. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Q: You played in 96 games on the World Sevens Series. Were you not tempted to hang on for four more to bag the full century?

A: It was 96 games in the World Series but we had lots of European Sevens games so I’m actually up to 120 or more, I just didn’t know that until now. But even if I knew it was officially 96 it wouldn’t have changed things. I’d planned that this would be my last season. I just didn’t know, at the time, that the World Series in Sydney last February would be my last tournament.