Stacey Flood admits Ireland's World Cup qualification failure will hurt more once the finals come around in October.
Flood, who was the side's no 10 in the fateful qualifying series last September in Parma, relieved some of the pain as part of the Ireland 7s side that reached the final of the Seville Series recently - where they lost in the last minute to Austria.
"It was kind of surreal," said Flood. "Looking back, I’m wondering how we lost that final, camping in their 22 for a long time.
