Eve Higgins

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Eve Higgins
Date of birth (1999-06-23) 23 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Barnhall RFC ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
? -? Railway Union ?
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–present Ireland 2 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2017- Ireland 7s ?

Eve Higgins (born 23 June 1999) is an Irish rugby player from Lucan, Dublin. She plays for Railway Union, Leinster rugby, the Ireland women's national rugby Sevens team and the Ireland women's national rugby union team. She is a student at University College Dublin.

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Club career

Higgins, whose family lived in Lucan before moving to Kilcock, started playing rugby in her local club Barnhall RFC in Leixlip which also produced Irish international Trevor Brennan. She played with boys’ teams up to Under-13 level. With no girls team in the club at the time her father emailed clubs around Dublin, leading her to join All-Ireland league side Railway Union. [1]

International career

Higgins first starred for Ireland as a play maker in Sevens rugby. In 2018, before her 19th birthday, she won her first senior cap with Ireland women's national rugby Sevens team at the Dubai 7s just two months after being on the U18 side that won the UK School Games. She played in 23 of Ireland's 27 games in the 2017–2018 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and was among the nominees for its 'Rookie of the Year' award. [2]

She was also a key player when Ireland had their best ever placing (sixth) at the 2018 Rugby Sevens World Cup, scoring their only try in the fifth/sixth-place playoff against Spain. [3]

In the summer of 2018 Higgins did a two-month development placement with Bond University in Australia, playing in the Aon University Sevens. [4]

In 2019 she was a member of the Ireland team who finished fourth at the Sydney 7s, their highest placing in a World Sevens Series tournament. She was selected on that tournament's 'Dream Team'. [5]

In 2017, before she had sat her Leaving Cert, she was named in Ireland's extended XV squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup but didn't make the final cut. [6]

Higgins made her debut for the Ireland women's rugby union team (XVs) in the 2021 Women's Six Nations, starting at centre against Wales and France. [7]

She competed for Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] [9]

Personal life

Higgins studied history and sociology in University College Dublin.

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References

  1. ↑ Kinsella, Murray (20 October 2018). "'I'd been imagining pulling on that green jersey since I was nine'". The42. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ireland Women Lay Down Marker With Sixth-Place Stateside Run". Irish Rugby. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ireland Women Pipped By Spain But Still Claim Best Ever RWC Sevens Finish Of Sixth". Irish Rugby. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Eve Higgins - Bond University Aon 7's Player 2018". Bond University Rugby. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Gallagher, Aaron (3 February 2019). "Ireland Rugby 7s make history in Sydney with fourth place finish at World Series". The42. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Austin, Cathal (2 May 2017). "Ireland training squad confirmed ahead of Women's Rugby World Cup 2017". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sevens' star Eve Higgins set for Irish bow in Six Nations opener as Adam Griggs names team for Wales clash". independent. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ireland - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ireland Sevens Squads Confirmed For 2024 Paris Olympics". Irish Rugby. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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