Amy Larn

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Amy Larn
Date of birth (2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 20)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2024– Ireland

Amy Larn (born 14 July 2004) is an Irish rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Career

Larn played club rugby for Athy RFC. [1] She was part of the Under-18 side that won bronze at the Europe Sevens Championships in 2022. [1] She has also played county football and captained the Kildare minor team in 2022. [1] She made her senior Kildare starting debut in February 2024. [1]

She just completed her first year of a BA at Maynooth University. [2]

Rugby career

Larn made her World Series debut in the Singapore leg in May. [2] She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [3] [4] She was initially a travelling reserve but was brought into the squad due to captain, Lucy Mulhall, sustaining an injury. [5] [6]

She was called into the Ireland fifteens side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in March. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Amy Larn". RTE. 2024-07-04.
  2. 1 2 "Amy Larn". Team Ireland. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  3. "Ireland - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  4. "Ireland Sevens Squads Confirmed For 2024 Paris Olympics". Irish Rugby. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  5. Mervyn, Dave (2024-07-29). "Ireland Women Reach Olympic Quarter-Finals After Running Australia Close". www.irishrugby.ie. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  6. Mcnally, Ger (2024-08-01). "Larn makes Olympic debut". kildare-nationalist.ie. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  7. "Bemand Names Ireland Preparation Squad For Guinness Women's Six Nations". Irish Rugby. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  8. "Bemand announces Ireland's squad for Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.