Hugo Keenan 'torn apart' over sevens switch but targets Olympics with Leinster's blessing

The Leinster full-back – as well as Connacht’s Andrew Smith - has been named in the sevens squad to feature at this weekend’s tournament in Madrid.

GETTING UP TO SPEED: Sean Cribbin and Hugo Keenan putting in the preparations in Madrid. Pic: Martin Seras Lima, Inpho

It looked to be a complete flyer when IRFU performance director David Nucifora revealed an agreement with the provinces that would allow one contracted player from each of the four green fields to detour towards sevens duties for the upcoming Olympics.

That was back in December and then everything went quiet for months afterwards. That was that, we thought.