entered into the World Olympic repechage competition. This competition, played in 2016, offered an opportunity to qualify for the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, but Ireland lost to Spain in the quarterfinal and failed to qualify. Layden was part of Ireland's 2017 training squad for the national sevens team. Layden, however, did not earn a spot on the twelve-man roster for any of the four tournaments on the 2017 Sevens Grand Prix Series. References 1992 births Living people Buccaneers RFC players Connacht Rugby players Sportspeople from County Roscommon Ireland international rugby sevens players People educated at Cistercian College, Roscrea