Seven to Sevens doesn't add up in Irish women's numbers crunch

“The goal for me is to improve the playing pool," says Greg McWilliams. In meantime, all-pro England are a whole other equation

Best foot forward: Ireland Women's Rugby Squad Training, IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin Tuesday. Photo: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

CAN Ireland sustain running elite women’s XVs and Sevens teams at the moment given the small size of Ireland’s playing population?

That was the inevitable question when Greg McWilliams confirmed he is losing a whopping seven players, including all of his best backs, to the Irish Sevens programme with two games left in the Six Nations.