Aoibheann Reilly | |
Birth Date: | January df=y |
Birth Place: | Ballinasloe, County Galway |
School: | Ardscoil Mhuire |
Relatives: | Colm Reilly (brother) |
Ru Currentteam: | Blackrock College RFC |
Repyears1: | 2022- |
Repteam1: | Ireland |
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2021- |
Ru Sevensnationalteam1: | Ireland |
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.
Reilly began playing rugby for the Ballinasloe U12 Community Games team. She has been a long time teammate and friend of Beibhinn Parsons having attended primary and secondary school together before going on to play rugby for Ireland together.[1] Her brother Colm Reilly is a scrum-half for Connacht Rugby. Her father Stephen Reilly is a former principal of Garbally College.[2]
Reilly played domestically for Connacht before impressing for Blackrock College RFC in the All Ireland League.[3] [4] 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.[5] She was named as part of the Ireland team for the Rugby Sevens World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[6]
She is a qualified sports scientist.[7]