Sevens screen trick helping Eve Higgins on 15s stage

Eve Higgins at an Ireland press conference in Whittlebury Park, Northampton. Pic: Ben Brady, Inpho

Eve Higgins says her experiences on the Sevens circuit helped her in more ways than one during Ireland’s opening World Cup victory in Franklin’s Gardens.

On one hand, there is a trick Higgins picked up which came in handy running while running in a length-of-the-field score. Her intercept try came at a critical moment as Japan’s second half comeback was quashed during the 42-14 win. “It’s funny, it was said was I looking at the [big] screen,” explains the Ireland centre. “That’s something you learn from sevens.