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Irish Rugby Football Union
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship (which they have won eleven times outright and shared eight times) and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they have been eliminated at the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions (1999 and 2007). Ireland is also one of the four unions which make up the British and Irish Lions – players eligible to play for Ireland are also eligible for the Lions. Eight former Ireland players have earned induction into the International Rugby Hall of Fame, with five of them also having earned induction into the IRB Hall of Fame.
Outside centre Brian O’Driscoll, the current captain and Ireland’s current all-time leader in both tries and appearances, is considered one of the best rugby players in the world and led Ireland to only their second Grand Slam in March 2009. He was also captain of the Lions on their 2005 tour of New Zealand, although his on-field captaincy was cut short by a controversial injury in the Lions’ first Test. O’Driscoll was succeeded as Lions captain for their 2009 tour of South Africa by his current teammate, lock Paul O’Connell. Keith Wood, O’Driscoll’s predecessor as Ireland captain before retiring in 2003, was the inaugural IRB International Player of the Year in 2001.
Ireland’s highest ever position in the IRB World Rankings is third which they reached in 2003 and 2006. They currently lie in fourth position as of 19 March 2011, following their win over England in the 2011 Six Nations Championship.
Irish Rugby Football Union | |
| Union | Irish Rugby Football Union |
| Nickname(s) | Men in Green |
| Emblem(s) | the Shamrock |
| Ground(s) | Aviva Stadium, Dublin |
| Coach(es) | Declan Kidney |
| Captain(s) | Brian O’Driscoll |
| Most caps | Brian O’Driscoll (112) |
| Top scorer | Ronan O’Gara (1,006) |
| Most tries | Brian O’Driscoll (44) |
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1987) |
| Best result | Quarter Finals, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003 |
Ireland Rugby Jersey
Ireland Rugby Current Team Squad RWC 2011 World Cup
Ireland’s 43-man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Caps updated before Summer tests.
Head Coach: Declan Kidney
Hooker: Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Jerry Flannery, Damien Varley
Prop: Tony Buckley, Tom Court, John Hayes, Cian Healy, Marcus Horan, Mike Ross, Brett Wilkinson
Lock: Leo Cullen, Mike McCarthy, Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell (vc), Mick O’Driscoll, Donnacha Ryan
Flanker: Stephen Ferris, Shane Jennings, Kevin McLaughlin, Sean O’Brien, David Wallace
Number 8: Jamie Heaslip, Denis Leamy
Scrum-half: Isaac Boss, Conor Murray, Tomas O’Leary, Eoin Reddan, Peter Stringer
Fly-half: Ronan O’Gara, Jonathan Sexton
Centre: Gordon D’Arcy, Fergus McFadden, Brian O’Driscoll (c), Paddy Wallace
Wing: Tommy Bowe, Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald, Andrew Trimble
Fullback: Gavin Duffy, Felix Jones, Rob Kearney, Geordan Murphy
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