Aoibheann Reilly (born 1 November 2000) is an Irish rugby union player. She represents Ireland at 15-a-side and Sevens rugby as a scrum-half.

Early life

Reilly began playing rugby for the Ballinasloe U12 Community Games team. She has been a long time teammate and friend of

Beibhinn Parsons Beibhinn Parsons (born 30 November 2001) is an Ireland women's rugby union international. She plays wing for Blackrock College RFC, Connacht and the Ireland women's national rugby union team. She made her senior international debut in 2018 age ...

having attended primary and secondary school together before going on to play rugby for Ireland together. Her brother

Colm Reilly Colm Reilly (born 8 September 1999) is an Irish rugby union player for Connacht in the Pro14. Reilly's primary position is scrum-half. He is the son of Stephen Reilly, a former principal of Garbally College. Rugby career Reilly came throug ...

is a scrum-half for

Connacht Rugby Connacht Rugby ( ga, Rugbaí Connachta) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. Connacht competes in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Con ...

. Her father Stephen Reilly is a former principal of

Garbally College St. Joseph's College, Garbally Park (Irish: ''Coláiste Sheosaimh Naofa'') is an Irish voluntary Catholic secondary school situated in Garbally Park, the former seat of the Earl of Clancarty, near Ballinasloe in County Galway. It is a single-s ...

Career

Reilly played domestically for Connacht before impressing for Blackrock College RFC in the All Ireland League. She was named in the starting XV for Ireland for the first time in March 2022 in the Women's Six Nations Championship test match against Wales. She was named as part of the Ireland team for the

Rugby Sevens World Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...

held in

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in September 2022.

Personal life

She is a qualified sports scientist.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Aoibheann 2000 births Living people Irish female rugby union players Ireland women's international rugby union players Ireland international women's rugby sevens players Irish rugby sevens players Connacht Rugby women's players Rugby union scrum-halves Sportspeople from Ballinasloe