Zac Ward is an Irish rugby union player. He represents Ireland internationally at Rugby Sevens. He is the son of former International Andy Ward.

Early life

By 2004, Ward was already playing age group rugby in Ulster. He attended

Down High School Down High School is a controlled co-educational grammar school located in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school has students from the ages of eleven to eighteen in the senior school — of which there are approximately 970 pup ...

, and

Hartpury College Hartpury University and Hartpury College, formerly Hartpury College, is a provider of further and higher education which describes itself as specialising in the "agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing" sectors. The university a ...

Career

In November 2021, Ward was called up to the Ireland Sevens squad for the

World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...

event in

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. In May 2023, Ward featured as Ireland finished sixth at the World Rugby Sevens Series event in London. Ward was then selected for the Ireland squad for the 2023 European Games held in

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in June 2023. Ward played with in the final against

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, with Ireland winning gold in the tournament and therefore qualifying for the

2024 Olympic Games ) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summer ...

Personal life

He is the son of former rugby union International Andy Ward and was born during his father’s triumphant

1998–99 Heineken Cup The 1998–99 Heineken Cup was the fourth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, and Scotland, were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. Cardiff a ...

campaign with

Ulster Rugby Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Ulster Branch, which is one of ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Zac Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby sevens players Living people People educated at Down High School Alumni of Hartpury College Date of birth unknown Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in rugby sevens European Games gold medalists for Ireland