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Eve Higgins
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. 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. 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Union
The Railway Union ( fi, Rautatiealan Unioni, RAU) is a trade union representing drivers, traffic controllers and office staff on the railways in Finland. The union was founded on 16 November 2018, when the Union of Locomotive Drivers merged with the Railway Officers' Union. Like its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK ( fi, Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö; sv, Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation, FFC) is the largest trade union confederation in Finland. Its .... The union has about 4,000 members, but about 50% are retired. The union's president is Tero Palomäki. External links * References {{Authority control Railway labor unions Trade unions established in 2018 Trade unions in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The rugby sevens tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 24 to 30 July at Stade de France. Twenty-four teams (twelve each for men and women) will compete against each other in their respective tournaments. For the first time, the rugby sevens matches will commence two days before the opening ceremony with the men's preliminary and quarterfinal stages. The competition takes a break for the opening ceremony on 26 July before the medal-winning teams are officially unveiled a day later. The women's tournament will be held between 28 and 30 July, culminating with the gold and bronze medal matches. Qualification The International Olympic Committee and the World Rugby (WR) have ratified and released the qualification criteria for Paris 2024. The host nation France reserves a direct quota place each in the men's and women's tournament with the remainder of the total quota attributed to the eligible NOCs across three qualifying routes. The top four s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |