Vikki Wall 'ahead of schedule' in quest to make Ireland Sevens Olympic squad

Vikki Wall faces a "massive challenge" to fulfill her Olympics Games dream but is ahead of schedule in her transition to Sevens rugby, according to Allan Temple-Jones.

The two-Ireland All-Ireland winner with Meath and former North Melbourne AFLW player was parachuted into the Ireland Women's Sevens programme this summer, and into a squad that had already secured qualification for France.

The 25-year-old was named in a 19-woman squad for the upcoming World SVNS series, which gets under way at the weekend in Dubai, however, Ireland can only take a panel of 13 to Paris.

"It's a massive challenge," head coach Temple-Jones (below) said when asked about adapting to the code in such a short timeframe.

"Especially [as] we’ve got a fairly settled squad that have played on the World Series and have played international Sevens rugby for many years.

"So it is a challenge for her, not hiding behind anything. But it's one that she’s standing up to.

"She’s competing with the girls already. Again, there are nuances within the game that she’ll get more adept to the more she plays.

"So we’ve got to expose her to more and more rugby and with that that will accelerate her ability to play on the World Series."

Wall (above) impressed in the AFLW after making the decision to move to Australia ahead of the 2022 season.

Temple-Jones, who took over from Aiden McNulty in March, said that getting Wall used to another different tackle was among her targets.

"It’s your traditional tackle and breakdown stuff with regards to rugby and those sort of nuances around the level changes are so important within the game around player safety," said the South Africa native.

"It's that level change within the contact, basics around your tackle technique and that sort of