Robyn O'Connor
Irish rugby union player (born 2005)
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Robyn O'Connor (born 15 July 2005) is an Irish rugby union player who plays at full-back or wing for Leinster Rugby, and the Ireland sevens and Ireland women's national rugby union team.[1]
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Early life
From County Wexford, she attended Loreto Secondary School in Wexford for whom she played provincial schools rugby union. She also played club rugby as a youngster for Wexford Wanderers from the under-14 age-group level onwards.[2]
Career
She started playing club rugby union for the senior Wexford Wanderers side. In 2024, she played at both full-back and wing for the Ireland women's national under-20 rugby team.[3][4][5]
In August 2024, she was awarded a central contract by The Irish Rugby Football Union.[6] That month, she made her debut as a substitute for Leinster Rugby against Munster. She went on to make her full debut the next week, starting in their match against Ulster.[7] She scored a fourth-minute try on her full debut to help Leinster into the Women's Interprovincial final.[8]
She received her first call-up to the senior Ireland women's national rugby union team for the 2024 WXV, held in Canada in the autumn of 2024.[9]
She made her debut for Ireland sevens at the Dubai Sevens in the 2024–25 SVNS series, starting three matches at the tournament.[10] She also featured at the subsequent South Africa Sevens in December 2024.[11] She represented Ireland at the Hong Kong Sevens in 2025, scoring a try in Ireland's opening match against Fiji.[12]
On 18 April 2026, O'Connor made a try-scoring debut in the Six Nations playing on the left wing against Italy in a 57-20 victory in Galway.[13][14]