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20th April 2019
11:39am BST

"I came home for a few celebrations," he told Barry Murphy and Andrew Trimble. "It didn't disappoint anyway... I haven't slept over the weekend at all!"
Before he was pressed for details on globe-trotting with the Sevens team and attending lush pool parties, Conroy was asked to go back to when rugby started looking like a career option.
"I really didn't start rugby until the age of 18," he said. "I actually think I started playing for fun, just a little bit of tag or whatnot, because I wasn't really that much into rugby back then.
"Out of that, the captain of my hometown, Tullamore Rugby Club, said to me - 'You have to come up to senior rugby training, and I'm not taking no for an answer'. "He was a garda and everything, so I was like, 'Okay, yeah, fine. I'll see you Tuesday!' "And I went on to play [for them]. With each training session and each match - and after four years there - I really started taking to liking rugby. And then, from there on, I didn't play in any schools, so it was just my home club. "Then, the big move was, after four years, I moved to Buccaneers in Athlone and played in 1B. That's when I started, you know, really started playing better opposition and wanting to go further with it. Then from the Buccaneers, I got into the Connacht academy and then the Sevens came calling. And, literally, the rest is history."Conroy blazed in 18 tries in one season (2016/17) with Buccaneers and was presented with the Ulster Bank League 1B Player of the Year award by none other than Joe Schmidt. He has played 15s rugby for Connacht Eagles but Ireland Sevens coach Anthony Eddy felt he was perfect for that format and brought him into his squad. It has proved an inspired move as Conroy has blazed in try after try. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1114457082173038598 Ireland, like many other top sides, have a designated flyer (or two, if lucky) in their team. Conroy is Ireland's no-so-secret weapon.
"Our saying is, 'We need to earn the right to move it wide'. But, yeah, if there is space on the wing, give it to the pace-man."It is a tactic that is working wonders for Ireland and Conroy is relishing going up against the likes of Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa on a regular basis. Now that Ireland have qualified for the World Series, they will be full members of a tour that takes in cities such as Dubai, Vancouver, London, Wellington, Sydney and more. "Being able to visit all these great places in the world is absolutely amazing. It's such an incredible atmosphere at all these tournaments. It's crazy and there is such a lot of love for the Irish people, which I really like to see. "It's just like a celebration at these tournaments, and that's what I love. Love meeting the people and love meeting the fans, and I'm so glad we finally made it."

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