List of Ireland national rugby union footballers
Encyclopedia
List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...

 national rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match
Test match (rugby union)
Test match in rugby union is a match recognised as being a full international match by at least one of the participating teams' governing bodies. It is an unofficial but widely used term in the sport....

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1 to 100

Name Number
R.B. WALKINGTON 1
H.L. COX 2
R.J. BELL 3
A.P. CRONYN 4
James Myles
James Myles
Major James Sproule Myles was an Irish soldier, politician and rugby union player.-Rugby player:Myles played rugby for City of Derry and Ireland. In October 1899, together with Thomas Harvey, he was a member of the Ireland team that went on a tour of Canada. This was their first ever overseas tour...

5
R. GALBRAITH 6
E.N. MCILWAINE 7
W.S. ALLEN 8
R.M. MAGINNESS 9
A. COMBE 10
F.T. HEWSON 11
G. ANDREWS 12
E. GALBRAITH 13
G.H. STACK 14
W.H. ASH 15
J.A. MCDONALD 16
M. BARLOW 17
H.D. WALSH 18
W. GAFFIKIN 19
B.N. CASEMENT 20
H. MOORE 21
E.W. HOBSON 22
J. IRELAND 23
W.A. CUSCADEN 24
R. GREER 25
A.J. WESTBY 26
W. FINLAY 27
D.T. ARNOTT 28
H. BROWN 29
F.W. KIDD 30
A.M. WHITESTONE 31
Thomas Gisborne Gordon
Thomas Gisborne Gordon
Thomas Gisborne Gordon, was a rugby football player who played for North of Ireland F.C. and represented Ireland. He has the distinction of being the only one-handed/armed man ever to play international rugby ....

32
H.W. JACKSON 33
W.H. WILSON 34
H.G. EDWARDS 35
H.C. KELLY 36
T. BROWN 37
W.J. HAMILTON 38
G.M. SHAW 39
J. HERON 40
J. CURRELL 41
H.W. MURRAY 42
R.N. MATIER 43
G.L. FAGAN 44
E.W.D. CROKER 45
W.D. MOORE 46
F. SCHUTE 47
R.W. HUGHES 48
W. GRIFFITHS 49
T. HARRISON 50
J.C. BAGOT 51
W.J. GOULDING 52
W.E.A. CUMMINS 53
A.M. ARCHER 54
J.W. TAYLOR 55
W.C. NEVILLE 56
G. SCRIVEN 57
H. PURDON 58
W.W. PIKE 59
W.J. WILLIS 60
J.R. BRISTOW 61
J.J. KEON 62
J.L. CUPPAIDGE 63
W.T. HERON 64
M. JOHNSTON 65
A.J. FORREST 66
F. KENNEDY 67
A. MILLAR 68
W.A. WALLIS 69
W. PEIRCE 70
H.F. SPUNNER 71
D.R. BROWNING 72
J.C.S. BURKITT 73
H.B. MORELL 74
A.R. MCMULLEN 75
R.E. MCLEAN 76
J. JOHNSTON 77
J.R. ATKINSON 78
Thomas St. George McCarthy
Thomas St. George McCarthy
Thomas St. George MacCarthy was an Ireland rugby union international and founder member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, being present at Hayes Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland at the Association's inaugural meeting on 1 November 1884....

79
W.W. FLETCHER 80
E.H. GREENE 81
G.C. BENT 82
J.M. KENNEDY 83
E.A. MCCARTHY 84
A.J. DOWNING 85
F.S. HEUSTON 86
R.G. THOMPSON 87
E.J. WOLFE 88
R. NELSON 89
T.R. JOHNSON-SMYTH 90
O.S. STOKES 91
R.W. MORROW 92
J. PEDLOW 93
A.C. O’SULLIVAN 94
J.B.W. BUCHANAN 95
R.H. SCOVELL 96
J.P. WARREN 97
S.A.M. BRUCE 98
D.F. MOORE 99
H. KING 100

101 to 200

Name Number
S.R. COLLIER 101
D.J. ROSS 102
W.W. HIGGINS 103
F.H. LEVIS 104
H.M. BRABAZON 105
W.G. RUTHERFORD 106
J.M. O’SULLIVAN 107
G.H. WHEELER 108
L.M. MACINTOSH 109
W. KELLY 110
T.H.M. HOBBS 111
A. GORDON 112
J.F. MAGUIRE 113
R.G. WARREN 114
W. HALLARAN 115
A.J. HAMILTON 116
F.W. MOORE 117
W.S. COLLIS 118
L. MOYERS 119
W.E. JOHNSTONE 120
J. FITZGERALD 121
J. MCDANIEL 122
H. G. COOK 123
Charles Jordan
Charles Jordan (rugby player)
Charles Jordan was a Welsh rugby union player who is most notable for representing the Ireland national team when the side turned up short of player during their encounter with Wales during the 1884 Home Nations Championship.-Rugby career:...

 and Harry McDaniel
Harry McDaniel
Harry McDaniel was a Welsh rugby union player who is most notable for representing the Ireland national team when the side turned up short of players for their encounter with Wales during the 1884 Home Nations Championship.-Rugby career:...

124
J.P. ROSS 125
Ernest Crawford I 126
H.J. NEILL 127
T. SHANAHAN 128
Thomas Ranken Lyle
Thomas Ranken Lyle
Sir Thomas Ranken Lyle FRS was an Irish-born and educated mathematical physicist and educator. He emigrated to Australia to take up a professorship at the University of Melbourne, where he was a pioneer in the use of X-rays as a medical tool...

129
T.C. ALLEN 130
R.M. BRADSHAW 131
D.V. HUNTER 132
J. THOMPSON 133
W. HOGG 134
J. CHAMBERS 135
Victor Le Fanu
Victor Le Fanu
Victor Charles Le Fanu was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team...

136
R. H. Massy-Westropp
R. H. Massy-Westropp
R. H. Massy-Westropp was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1886.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

137
Maxwell Carpendale
Maxwell Carpendale
Maxwell John Carpendale was an Irish rugby international. He won four caps between 1886 and 1888.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

138
J.F. ROSS 139
R.W. HERRICK 140
J. MCMORDIE 141
F.H. MILLER 142
J. WAITES 143
Frank Stoker 144
Dolway Walkington
Dolway Walkington
Dolway Bell Walkington was an Irish rugby union player and solicitor. Walkington played club rugby for North of Ireland FC and international rugby for Ireland, winning eight caps...

145
C.R. TILLIE 146
D.F. Rambaut
Daniel Frederick Rambaut
Dr. Daniel Frederick Rambaut was an Irish psychiatrist, one of the pioneers of modern psychiatry, and an Irish rugby international.-Life:...

147
R. MONTGOMERY 148
J.H. MCLAUGHLIN 149
J.S. DICK 150
E.J. WALSH 151
R. STEVENSON 152
J. MACAULEY 153
C.M. MOORE 154
P.J. O’CONNOR 155
T. TAGGART 156
W. DAVISON 157
R.H. MAYNE 158
W. EKIN 159
J. MOFFATT 160
E.W. STOKER 161
A. WALPOLE 162
W.A. MORTON 163
T. EDWARDS 164
D.C. WOODS 165
M.J. BULGER 166
J. STEVENSON 167
H.W. ANDREWS 168
E.G. FORREST 169
J.H. O’CONOR 170
J.N. LYTLE 171
J.S. JAMESON 172
L.J. HOLMES 173
R.A. YEATES 174
B.T. PEDLOW 175
L.C. NASH 176
C.R.R. STACK 177
T.M. DONOVAN 178
R. DUNLOP 179
A.C. MCDONNELL 180
J. COTTON 181
H.A. RICHEY 182
H.P. GIFFORD 183
R.W. JOHNSTON 184
J. ROCHE 185
E.F. DORAN 186
W.J.N. DAVIS 187
H.T. GALBRAITH 188
Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Burland Tuke was an Irish rugby union halfback. Tuke played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland...

189
S. LEE 190
C.V. ROOKE 191
H.G. WELLS 192
E.D. CAMERON 193
R.D. STOKES 194
G. COLLOPY 195
E.F. FRAZER 196
R. PEDLOW 197
T. FOGARTY 198
T. PEEL 199
W. GARDINER 200

201 to 300

Name Number
T. THORNHILL 201
T.J. JOHNSTON 202
A.K. WALLIS 203
R.E. SMITH 204
F.E. DAVIES 205
Andrew Clinch
Andrew Clinch
Andrew Daniel Clinch , was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.-Biography:...

206
S. GARDINER 207
Robert Johnston
Robert Johnston (VC)
Major Robert Johnston VC was an Irish rugby union player and soldier. During the Second Boer War, Johnston was awarded the Victoria Cross while serving with the Imperial Light Horse. The medal is displayed at the Light Horse Bar at The Saturday Club in Kolkata, India...

208
H. LINDSAY 209
M.S. EGAN 210
Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Henry Gwynn was an Irish rugby union player and cricketer...

211
W.S. BROWN 212
B.O'BRIEN 213
H. FORREST 214
W. SPARROW 215
R.W. HAMILTON 216
J.H. LYTLE 217
G. WALMSLEY 218
Thomas Joseph Crean
Thomas Joseph Crean
Major Dr. Thomas Joseph Crean, VC, DSO was an Irish rugby union player, British Army soldier and doctor. During the Second Boer War, while serving with the Imperial Light Horse, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. His VC medal is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum...

219
P.J. GRANT 220
A.T.W. BOND 221
G. R. Symes
G. R. Symes
G. R. Symes was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1895.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

222
T.H. STEVENSON 223
Joseph Magee
Joseph Magee
Joseph Thomas Magee was an Irish rugby union wing. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland. He is often mistaken as being a member of the British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1896, a position actually taken by his brother James Magee.-Rugby...

224
Louis Magee
Louis Magee
Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee was an Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland and was part of the British Isles team in their 1896 tour of South Africa.Magee was capped 27 times for Ireland, ten as captain,...

225
A.A. BRUNKER 226
H.C. MCCOULL 227
J. FULTON 228
A. MONTGOMERY 229
J. O’CONOR 230
E.H. MCILWAINE 231
W. O’SULLIVAN 232
Arthur Gwynn
Arthur Gwynn
Arthur Percival Gwynn was an Irish cricketer and rugby union player.-Career:Gwynn was born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland...

233
M.G. DELANY 234
Lawrence Bulger
Lawrence Bulger
Lawrence 'Larry' Quinlivan Bulger was an Irish rugby union player, athlete and doctor. Bulger played international rugby for Ireland and in 1896 was chosen to represent a British Isles XV in their tour of South Africa...

235
G.G. ALLEN 236
W.G. BYRON 237
Jim Sealy
Jim Sealy
James "Jim" Sealy, was an Irish rugby union player who won nine caps for Ireland and four for the British Isles. During his international career, Sealey represented Dublin University at club level.-References:...

238
G.H. MCALLAN 239
J.E. MCILWAINE 240
M. RYAN 241
J. RYAN 242
Pierce O'Brien-Butler
Pierce O'Brien-Butler
Pierce Edmond O'Brien-Butler was an Irish rugby union international player. He won six caps between 1897 and 1900. Pierce was a member of a titled family, the Barons Dunboyne...

243
F.C. PURSER 244
J.G. FRANKS 245
J. L. Davis
J. L. Davis
J. L. Davis was an Irish rugby international. He won two caps in the 1898 Home Nations Championship.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

246
Frederick Smithwick
Frederick Smithwick
Frederick Falkiner Standish Smithwick was an Irish rugby international. He won two caps in 1898.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

247
A. BARR 248
T.J. LITTLE 249
T. MCCARTHY 250
I.G. DAVIDSON 251
George Harman
George Harman
George Richard Uniacke Harman was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class match for Dublin University against the MCC in May 1895. He is notable as being one of only eight first-class cricketers to live beyond the age of 100...

252
J.B. ALLISON 253
W.H. BROWN 254
T. AHEARNE 255
Tom McGown
Tom McGown
Thomas Melville Watson McGown was an Irish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and North of Ireland FC...

256
Gerry Doran
Gerry Doran
Gerald "Gerry" Percy Doran also known as Blucher Doran, was an Irish international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Lansdowne. Doran played international rugby for Ireland and in 1899 he was selected for the British Isles team on its tour of Australia...

257
C. REID 258
Edward Fitzhardinge Campbell
Edward Fitzhardinge Campbell
Edward Fitzhardinge Campbell was an Irish rugby international. He won four caps between 1899 and 1900.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

259
Arthur Meares
Arthur Meares
Arthur William Devenish Meares, also known as Arthur William Devenish-Meares or "Newry" Meares was an Irish rugby union player who won four caps for Ireland and two for the British Isles....

260
Cecil Moriarty
Cecil Moriarty
Cecil Charles Hudson Moriarty was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against Wales in 1899.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

261
J.H. FERRIS 262
S.T. IRWIN 263
C.E. ALLEN 264
P.C. NICHOLSON 265
J.J. COFFEY 266
F. GARDINER 267
Cecil Boyd
Cecil Boyd
Dr. Cecil Anderson Boyd MC was an Irish rugby union player, and doctor. Boyd played international rugby for Ireland and in 1896 was chosen to represent a British Isles XV in their tour of South Africa...

268
B.R.W. DORAN 269
Thomas Harvey 270
A.E. FREEAR 271
A.G. HERON 272
P. HEALEY 273
H.A.S. IRVINE 274
H.H. FERRIS 275
C.C. FITZGERALD 276
H.H. Corley
Harry Corley
Harry Cecil Corley , also known as Harry Hegarty Corley was an Irish sportsman and sport official...

277
A. TEDFORD 278
G.T. HAMLET 279
J.C. PRINGLE 280
H.J. ANDERSON 281
D.R. TAYLOR 282
G.A.D. HARVEY 283
R.S. SMYTH 284
JOS. WALLACE 285
G. BRADSHAW 286
James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster...

287
C.G. ROBB 288
T.T.H. ROBINSON 289
F.A. KENNEDY 290
JAS WALLACE 291
J.E. MOFFATT 292
E.D. CADDELL 293
M.F. LANDERS 294
H.B. THRIFT 295
Henry Millar
Henry Millar
Henry James Millar was an Irish rugby international. He won four caps between 1904 and 1905.After his playing career he was President of the Leinster Branch of the IRFU in the 1922/23 season as well as President of the IRFU in the 1928/29 season....

296
R.W. EDWARDS 297
H.J. KNOX 298
Basil Maclear
Basil Maclear
Basil Maclear was an Irish rugby international. He won eleven caps between 1905 and 1907.The son of a doctor from Bedford, he was later sent to Fermoy in County Cork by the British Army....

299
H.G. WILSON 300

301 to 400

Name Number
H.S. SUGARS 301
G.J. HENEBREY 302
F. CASEMENT 303
William Purdon
William Purdon
Major-General William Brooke Purdon DSO OBE MC was an Irish soldier, physician and medical administrator. Towards the end of his life he was a representative of the Northern Ireland Government in London and for four years was an Honorary Surgeon to the King...

304
M. WHITE 305
R.P.C. GOTTO 306
G. MCILDOWIE 307
C. THOMPSON 308
T.J. GREEVES 309
R.E. FORBES 310
W. ST J. COGAN 311
J.A. SWEENEY 312
W.P. HINTON 313
Frederick Harvey
Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey
Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC, CBE, MC, Croix de Guerre was an Irish Canadian rugby union player and soldier. During the First World War, while serving in the Canadian Army, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. He was later awarded a CBE...

314
G.C.P. BECKETT 315
H.R. ASTON 316
F.N.B. SMARTT 317
Tommy Smyth
Tommy Smyth (rugby player)
Dr Tommy Smyth was an Irish international, rugby union prop forward who played club rugby for Newport and Malone and invitational rugby with the Barbarians...

318
Bethel Solomons
Bethel Solomons
Bethel Albert Herbert Solomons was born in Dublin, Ireland, to a prominent Jewish family. He was the son of Maurice Solomons , an optician whose family came to Dublin from England in 1824...

319
T.G. HARPUR 320
E. MCG. MORPHY 321
C. ADAMS 322
Ernest Deane
Ernest Deane
Ernest Cotton Deane was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1909.Like fellow international Basil Maclear, Deane was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the Leicestershire Regiment near Laventie...

323
G. PINION 324
M.G. GARRY 325
O.J.S. PIPER 326
R.M. MAGRATH 327
J.C. BLACKHAM 328
T. HALPIN 329
F.M. MCCORMAC 330
J.J. O’CONNOR 331
J.P. QUINN 332
A.R. FOSTER 333
A.S. TAYLOR 334
Dickie Lloyd
Dickie Lloyd
Richard Averill "Dickie" Lloyd was an Irish cricketer and rugby union player. At cricket, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowlerwho played two first-class matches for the Ireland cricket team, also playing for Lancashire...

335
H.M. READ 336
W.F. RIORDAN 337
H. MOORE 338
C.T. O’CALLAGHAN 339
R.K. LYLE 340
A.N. MCCLINTON 341
W.S. SMYTH 342
C.V. MACIVOR 343
W.J. BEATTY 344
William Tyrrell
William Tyrrell (rugby player)
Air Vice-Marshal Sir William Tyrrell, KBE, DSO, MC was a rugby union international who played for Ireland and was part of the British and Irish Lions team that toured South Africa in 1910...

345
A.R.V. JACKSON 346
S.B.B. CAMPBELL 347
P.J. SMYTH 348
M.R. HEFFERNAN 349
R.I. GRAHAM 350
R. HEMPHILL 351
G. MCCONNELL 352
W.V. EDWARDS 353
R. D’A. PATTERSON 354
M. ABRAHAM 355
G.V. KILLEEN 356
Robin Wright
Robin Wright (rugby player)
Robert Aikin 'Robin' Wright was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against Scotland in 1912.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

357
G. S. Brown
G. S. Brown
G. S. Brown was an Irish rugby international. He won three caps in 1912.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

358
C.P. STUART 359
R. WATSON 360
G.W. HOLMES 361
J.B. MINCH 362
R.B. BURGESS 363
F.G. SCHUTE 364
J.J. CLUNE 365
G. YOUNG 366
J.E. FINLAY 367
E.W. JEFFARES 368
P. STOKES 369
J.W. MCCONNELL 370
F. BENNETT 371
A.W.P. TODD 372
G.H. WOOD 373
A.L. STEWART 374
S.E. POLDEN 375
P. O’CONNELL 376
John Dowse
John Dowse
John Cecil Alexander Dowse was an Irish rugby international. He won three caps in 1914.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

377
J.S. PARR 378
W.P. COLLOPY 379
F.P. MONTGOMERY 380
V. MCNAMARA 381
J. TAYLOR 382
H.W. JACK 383
Jasper Brett
Jasper Brett
Jasper Thomas Brett was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against Wales in 1914.-See also:* List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War-References:* at Scrum.com*...

384
Ernie Crawford
Ernie Crawford
Ernie Crawford was an Irish sportsman during the 1920s.Crawford was a Belfastman who played full back at rugby for Lansdowne R.F.C. He also played for Ireland on 30 occasions after making his debut against England on February 14, 1920. He scored a total of 18 points during his international career...

385
J.A.N. DICKSON 386
T. WALLACE 387
William John Cullen
William John Cullen
William John Cullen was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1920.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

388
C.H. BRYANT 389
Arthur Horan
Arthur Horan
Arthur Horan was an Irish rugby union scrum-half who won two caps for the Ireland national rugby team in 1920. He made his debut on 14 February 1920 against England , with his final appearance for the side coming on 13 March 1920 against Wales. He was born in Hackney, London and died in...

390
N. BUTLER 391
H.H. COULTER 392
R.Y. CRICHTON 393
William David Doherty
William David Doherty
William David Doherty, M.A., M.Ch., F.R.C.S., known as George Doherty was a medical superintendent of Guy's Hospital, London, and a former captain of the Ireland national rugby union team.-Early life:...

394
William Roche
William Roche (rugby player)
William Joseph Roche was an Irish rugby union player who represented Munster, Ireland and the British Lions. He also played club rugby for both University College Cork and Newport.-Club career:Between 1920 and 1927 Roche played club rugby for Newport and was captain during the 1926-27 season...

395
P.J. RODDY 396
Basil McFarland
Basil McFarland
Sir Basil Alexander Talbot McFarland, 2nd Baronet, CBE, ERD was a Northern Irish soldier, businessman and politician.The son of Sir John McFarland, 1st Baronet, he was a businessman, a Senator of Northern Ireland, Mayor of Londonderry , Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry and an Ireland rugby...

397
W. DUGGAN 398
J.B. O’NEILL 399
A.H. PRICE 400

401 to 500

Name Number
A.W. COURTNEY 401
W. CUNNINGHAM 402
M.J. BRADLEY 403
H.N. POTTERTON 404
G.V. STEPHENSON 405
J.T. SMYTH 406
D. BROWNE 407
D.J. CUSSEN 408
H.S.T. CORMAC 409
T. MAYNE 410
T.A. MCCLELLAND 411
J.J. BERMINGHAM 412
C.F.G.T. HALLARAN 413
Noel Purcell 414
J.K.S. THOMPSON 415
T.G. WALLIS 416
C.T. DAVIDSON 417
D.B. SULLIVAN 418
J.R. WHEELER 419
S. MCVICKER 420
R.H. OWENS 421
H.W.V. STEPHENSON 422
J.A.B. CLARKE 423
J.D. EGAN 424
I. POPHAM 425
J.C. GILLESPIE 426
J.W. STEWART 427
R.O. MCCLENAHAN 428
Finlay Jackson
Finlay Jackson
Finlay William Jackson was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player.-Rugby Union:...

429
W.H. HALL 430
J.B. GARDINER 431
R. COLLOPY 432
D.M. CUNNINGHAM 433
J. MAHONY 434
R.D. GRAY 435
P.E.F. DUNN 436
J.D. CLINCH 437
Arthur Douglas
Arthur Douglas
Arthur Douglas was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player.-Cricket:A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in July 1925 against Scotland in a first-class match...

438
A.P. ATKINS 439
J.C. MCDOWELL 440
J. MCVICKER 441
W.R.F. COLLIS 442
I.M.B. STUART 443
T.R. HEWITT 444
F.S. HEWITT 445
A.W. SPAIN 446
T.N. BRAND 447
Mark Sugden
Mark Sugden
Mark Sugden was an Irish rugby union player, and rugby author. An outstanding scrum half in the late 1920s and early 30s, he was captain in the 1931 season when Ireland beat England for the third successive time by a margin of a single point. His main claim to fame as a player is that he is...

448
William F. Browne
Horsey Browne
William Fraser "Horsey" Browne was a British army and Irish rugby international. He won 12 caps between 1925 and 1928. He started playing whilst serving as a Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.-References:* at Scrum.com*...

449
George Beamish
George Beamish
Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, KCB, CBE, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s...

450
T.J. MILLIN 451
Eugene Davy
Eugene Davy
Eugene O'Donnell Davy was an Irish international rugby union fly-half.Davy was born into an affluent family in County Dublin on 26 July 1904. He was one of nine surviving children of Thomas Davy, a merchant, and his wife Alice...

452
S.J. CAGNEY 453
R.S. FLOOD 454
R.L. HAMILTON 455
J. MCF. NEILL 456
James Leo Farrell
James Leo Farrell
James "Jimmy" Leo Farrell was an Irish rugby player. He played for Ireland and the British Lions on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina and the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia-References:* * * *...

457
A.M. BUCHANAN 458
C.T. PAYNE 459
J.H. GAGE 460
C.J. HANRAHAN 461
J.M. ATKINSON 462
James Blandford Ganly 463
P.F. MURRAY 464
N.G. ROSS 465
H. MCVICKER 466
T.O. PIKE 467
R.V.M. ODBERT 468
J.E. ARIGHO
Jack Arigho
John "Jack" Edward Arigho was an International Rugby player for Ireland. He played 16 caps between 1928–1931 and scored 6 international tries playing on the wing. He also played for the Lansdowne Football Club.-References:...

469
T. BRAMWELL 470
R.M. BYERS 471
J.P. MULLANE 472
M.J. DUNNE 473
H.C. BROWNE 474
J.S. SYNGE 475
M.P. CROWE 476
M. DEERING 477
E.W.F. DE VERE HUNT 478
C. CARROLL 479
F.W. WILLIAMSON 480
H. O’H. O’NEILL 481
Noel F. Murphy
Noel Murphy (rugby player born 1904)
Noel Francis Murphy was an rugby union international. Both his son Noel Jr and his grandson, Kenny were also Ireland internationals. Murphy also played club rugby for Cork Constitution . Between 1930 and 1933 he won 11 caps playing as a flanker. Murphy made his international debut on 8 February...

482
W.J. MCCORMICK 483
T.C. CASEY 484
J.T. EGAN 485
E.J. LIGHTFOOT 486
H.H.C. WITHERS 487
Jack Siggins
Jack Siggins
John Allan Edward "Jack" Siggins was an Irish rugby union Number 8. Siggins played club rugby for Belfast Collegians and played international rugby for Ireland captaining the national side on nine occasions between 1934 and 1936. In 1955 he was appointed manager of the British Isles team on their...

488
J. RUSSELL 489
L.B. MCMAHON 490
V.J. PIKE 491
J.C. ENTRICAN 492
D.P. MORRIS 493
S.L. WAIDE 494
M.D. SHEEHAN 495
W. MCC. ROSS 496
E.C. RIDGEWAY 497
R.H. PRATT 498
Robert Barnes
Robert Barnes (cricketer)
Robert James Barnes was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player.He made his debut for Ireland against the MCC in August 1928 and went on to represent his country on 14 occasions, his last coming in July 1949 against Yorkshire...

499
C.E. BEAMISH 500

501 to 600

Name Number Date of Debut No of Caps
P.B. COOTE 501
J.J. O’CONNOR 502
J.V. REARDON 503
D.J. FINN 504
Sam Walker
Sam Walker (rugby player)
Samuel "Sam" Walker was an Irish rugby union prop. Walker played club rugby for Instonians and played international rugby for Ireland and was captain of the British Isles team in their 1938 tour of South Africa.-Rugby career:...

505
M.E. BARDON 506
C.R.A. GRAVES 507
D.J. LANE 508
Ham Lambert
Ham Lambert
Noel Hamilton "Ham" Lambert was an Irish cricketer and rugby union player. By profession a veterinary surgeon, he was noted for being the first in Ireland to own a practice devoted to the care of companion animals.He is buried in Schull in Co Cork, Ireland...

509
J.L. REID 510
D.J. LANGAN 511
A.H. BAILEY 512
Noel McGrath
Noel McGrath (Rugby player)
Noel Fitzgerald McGrath was an Irish rugby union international who played once for Ireland during the 1933/34 season.He was the eldest son of Sir Charles McGrath of Stanley Grange, Wakefield RFC and was educated at Stoneyhurst College, Leeds University and Oxford University where he gained a...

513
J. MEGAW 514
P.M. CROWE 515
S.J. DEERING 516
H.J.M. SAYERS 517
P.J. LAWLOR 518
V.A. HEWITT 519
J.I. DOYLE 520
C.V. BOYLE 521
G.L. MALCOLMSON 522
T.B. DUNN 523
C. O’N. WALLIS 524
F.G. MORAN 525
Robert Alexander 526
G.E. CROMEY 527
T.S. CORKEN 528
E. RYAN 529
C.J. REIDY 530
Paddy Mayne
Paddy Mayne
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO & Three Bars was a Northern Irish soldier, solicitor, Ireland rugby union international, amateur boxer, polar explorer and a founding member of the Special Air Service .-Early life and sporting achievements:Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born in...

531
Maurice Daly 532 vs England 12/02/1938 1
V.J. LYTTLE 533
D.B. O’LOUGHLIN 534
J.W.S. IRWIN 535
R.G. CRAIG 536
H. KENNEDY 537
D. TIERNEY 538
H.R. MCKIBBIN 539
J.D. TORRENS 540
C.J. MURPHY 541
C. TEEHAN 542
J.G. RYAN 543
T.A. HEADON 544
Brendan Quinn 545 vs France 25/01/1947 1
K.N. QUINN 546
J. HARPER 547
B. MULLAN 548
Jack Kyle
Jack Kyle
John Wilson Kyle OBE , commonly referred to as Jack Kyle or Jackie Kyle, is a former rugby union player who played for Ireland, the British Lions and the Barbarians during the 1940s and 1950s...

549 vs France 1947 46
R. CARROLL 550
M.R. NEELY 551
Karl Mullen
Karl Mullen
Dr Karl Daniel Mullen was an Irish Rugby Union player and Consultant Gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand....

552 vs France 1947 25
J.C. DALY 553
Colm Callan
Colm Callan
Colm Patrick Callan was an Irish rugby player who played as a second-row forward for Lansdowne Football Club and was part of the Irish rugby team from 1947 to 1949, winning 10 caps....

554
E. KEEFFE 555
J.W. MCKAY 556
R.D. AGAR 557
D.J. HINGERTY 558
B.R. O’HANLON 559
J.D.E. MONTEITH 560
E. STRATHDEE 561
J.A.D. HIGGINS 562
M.F. LANE 563
W.D. MCKEE 564
Paddy Reid
Paddy Reid
Patrick "Paddy" Joseph Reid was an Irish dual-code rugby centre. Reid played club rugby under the rugby union code for Garryowen and played international rugby for Ireland, and was part of the Grand Slam winning team of 1948...

565 vs Australia 06/12/1947 4
Kevin O'Flanagan
Kevin O'Flanagan
Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan , also referred to as Dr. Kevin O'Flanagan, is a former Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union...

566 vs Australia 06/12/1947 1
J.C. CORCORAN 567
A.A. MCCONNELL 568
Dick Wilkinson 569 vs Australia 06/12/1947 1
J.E. NELSON 570
Des McCourt 571 vs Australia 06/12/1947 1
J.S. MCCARTHY 572
Jack Mattson 573 vs England 14/02/1948 1
H. DE LACY 574
D.J. O’BRIEN 575
Mick O'Flanagan
Mick O'Flanagan
Mick O'Flanagan is a former Irish sportsman who represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. As a soccer player, O'Flanagan played for, among others, Home Farm, Bohemians and Belfast Celtic. His older brother, Kevin O'Flanagan, was also a notable sportsman who also represented his...

576 vs Scotland 28/02/1948 1
G.W. NORTON 577
T.J. GAVIN 578
Tom Cullen 579 vs France 29/01/1948 1
T. CLIFFORD 580
N.J. HENDERSON 581
J.L. GRIFFIN 582
J.H. BURGES 583
D. MCKIBBIN 584
A.B. CURTIS 585
G.C. PHIPPS 586
L. CROWE 587
R.J.H. UPRICHARD 588
John Blayney
John Blayney
John Joseph Blayney, KSG was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland from 1992 until 1997, when he retired from a long legal career, and his position on the bench was filled by Justice Henry Denis Barron...

589 vs Scotland 25/02/1950 1
Jack Molony 590 vs Scotland 25/02/1950 1
C.S. GRIFFIN 591
R.R. CHAMBERS 592
J.A. O’MEARA 593
J.H. SMITH 594
W.H.J. MILLAR 595
P.J. LAWLER 596
J.R. BRADY 597
Angus McMorrow 598 vs Wales 10/03/1951 1
J.G.M.W. MURPHY 599 vs South Africa 1952
Tony Browne 600 vs South Africa 08/12/1951 1

601 to 700

Name Number Date of Debut No of Caps
Robin Thompson
Robin Thompson
Robin Thompson was a rugby union international for Ireland and a former British and Irish Lions captain.Robin Thompson won two Ulster Schools Senior Cup medals with RBAI and played for Ulster Schools...

601
J.R. NOTLEY 602
A.F. O’LEARY 603
Michael Dargan
Michael Dargan
Michael James Dargan is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, He played once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against the MCC In September 1954. He is married to Freda Dargan. He also played two rugby union Test matches for Ireland In the 1952 Five Nations...

604
Mick Hillary 605 vs England 29/03/1951 1
Niall Bailey 606 vs England 29/03/1951 1
W.A. O’NEILL 607
Robin Roe
Robin Roe
Reverend Robin Roe CBE MC was an Irish clergyman known for his work as an army chaplain, and a rugby union player.- Early life and education :...

608
P.J. KAVANAGH 609
R.J. GREGG 610
M. MORTELL 611
F.E. ANDERSON 612
W.E. BELL 613
J.R. KAVANAGH 614
Thomas "Tom" Eymard Reid 615
S.J. BYRNE 616
Alexander Cecil Pedlow
Cecil Pedlow
Alexander Cecil Pedlow is a retired Irish rugby union player. He represented Ireland and the Lions, earning two caps for them on the 1955 tour to South Africa. He retired in 1963.-External links:**...

617
G.F. REIDY 618
J.T. GASTON 619
W.J. HEWITT 620
Gordon Wood
Gordon Wood (rugby player)
Benjamin Gordon Malison Wood is a former rugby union footballer who represented Ireland and the British and Irish Lions during the 1950s and early 1960s. He also played for both Garryowen and Munster...

621
Jim Murphy-O'Connor 622 vs England 13/02/1954 1
R.P. GODFREY 623
S. KELLY 624
P.J. BERKERY 625
Herbie McCracken 626 vs Wales 13/03/1954 1
W.R. TECTOR 627
Tony O'Reilly
Tony O'Reilly
Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly is an Irish businessman and former international rugby union player. He is known for his involvement the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009, and as former CEO and Chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company. He was the leading shareholder of...

628
Paddy O'Donoghue
Paddy O'Donoghue (rugby)
Paddy O'Donoghue is a former Irish Rugby International prop who also represented the Barbarians and was an administrator in Irish rugby. He played his club rugby for Bective Rangers, winning the Leinster Club Senior Cup in 1955 and 1956...

629
Bill O'Connell 630 vs Scotland 26/02/1955 1
M.J. CUNNINGHAM 631
R.E. ROCHE 632
M.N. MADDEN 633
S.J. MCDERMOTT 634
Dave MacSweeney 635 vs France 22/01/1955 1
George Ross 636 vs Wales 12/03/1955 1
J.M. MCKELVEY 637
S.V.J. QUINLAN 638
Andy Mulligan
Andy Mulligan
Andrew Armstrong Mulligan, was born on 4 February 1936 et Kasauli, a small cantonment town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, and died on 24 February 2001...

639
W.B.C. FAGAN 640
Adrian Kennedy 641 vs France 28/01/1956 1
J.S. RITCHIE 642
Noel Feddis 643 vs England 11/02/1956 1
Brendan Guerin 644 vs Scotland 25/02/1956 1
Leo Lynch 645 vs Scotland 25/02/1956 1
Charlie Lydon 646 vs Scotland 25/02/1956 1
T. MCGRATH 647
N.H. BROPHY 648
H.S. O’CONNOR 649
P.J.A. O’SULLIVAN 650
J.I. BRENNAN 651
David Hewitt
David Hewitt (rugby footballer born 1939)
David Hewitt is a retired Irish rugby union player. Playing at centre, he gained 18 caps for Ireland between 1958 and 1965, in addition to winning six Lions caps in 1959 and 1962. He also represented Queen's University, Instonians, North of Ireland F.C. and Ulster.-References:...

652
Ronnie Dawson
Ronnie Dawson (rugby player)
Alfred Ronald "Ronnie" Dawson played hooker for Ireland and was captain of the British Lions rugby union team on their 1959 tour to Australia, New Zealand and Canada.Ronnie was educated in St...

653
J.B. STEVENSON 654
W.A. MULCAHY 655
J.A. DONALDSON 656
Noel A.A. Murphy 657
Mick English 658 vs Wales 15/03/1958 16
D.C. GLASS 659
Syd Millar
Syd Millar
Sydney "Syd" Millar, CBE, is the outgoing chairman of the International Rugby Board. He was born in Ballymena and previously played for Ballymena RFC and represented Ireland in the pack, winning 37 caps as a prop. In addition, he played 9 times for the British and Irish Lions...

660
Eric Brown 661 vs France 19/04/1958 1
J.F. DOOLEY 662
M.G. CULLITON 663
M.K. FLYNN 664
Tom Kiernan
Tom Kiernan
Thomas Joseph Kiernan is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He won 54 caps for Ireland as a full-back between 1960 and 1973 and captained his country 24 times. At the time of his retirement he was Ireland's most-capped player, most experienced captain and record scorer in...

665
W.W. BORNEMANN 666
B. MCCALLAN 667
Jerry Walsh
Jerry Walsh
Jeremiah Charles Walsh was a former international rugby union player.He was capped twenty-six times by Ireland as a centre between 1960 and 1967:1960 v Scotland L 6-5 1960 v South Africa L 8-3...

668
Locky Butler 669 vs Wales 12/03/1960 1
Pat Costello 670 vs France 09/04/1960 1
W.K. ARMSTRONG 671
R.J. MCCARTEN 672
J.W. MOFFETT 673
C.J. DICK 674
Tom Nesdale 675 vs France 15/04/1961 1
D. SCOTT 676
K.J. HOUSTON 677
Larry L'Estrange 678 vs England 10/02/1962 1
Raymond Hunter
Raymond Hunter
William Raymond Hunter is an Irish former cricketer and rugby union player.-Cricket:A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 28 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1957 and 1967 including eleven first-class matches.-Playing career:Hunter made his debut for Ireland...

679
F.G. GILPIN 680
J.T.M. QUIRKE 681
Jim Dick 682 vs England 10/02/1962 1
Ray McLoughlin
Ray McLoughlin
Raymond John "Ray" McLoughlin is a former Ireland international rugby union prop. McLoughlin had a long and successful career playing for several clubs at club level, and played for Connacht at province level...

683
Willie John McBride
Willie John McBride
William James McBride, MBE, better known as Willie John McBride is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He played 63 Tests for Ireland including eleven as captain, and toured with the Lions five times — a record that gave him 17...

684
Noel Turley 685 vs England 10/02/1962 1
Mick Hipwell 686
Gerry Hardy 687 vs Scotland 24/02/1962 1
Frank Byrne 688 vs France 14/04/1962 1
J.C. KELLY 689
M.P. O’CALLAGHAN 690
P.J. DWYER 691
M.D. KIELY 692
Patrick Casey
Patrick Casey (rugby player)
Patrick Joseph Casey , commonly called Pat Casey, was an Ireland rugby union player.He played for Lansdowne Football Club and provincially for Leinster. He made his international debut on January 16 1963 against France...

693
John Murray 694 vs France 26/01/1963 1
Brian Marshall 695 vs England 09/02/1963 1
E.P. MCGUIRE 696
J.J. FORTUNE 697
A.T.A. DUGGAN 698
Mike Gibson 699
F.S. KEOGH 700

701 to 800

Name Number Date of Debut No of Caps
Paddy Lane
Paddy Lane
Paddy Lane is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to the European Parliament at the 1989 European election for the Munster constituency. He was a member of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development in the European Parliament...

701 vs Wales 07/03/1964 1
T.A. MORONEY 702
Mick Leahy 703 vs Wales 07/03/1964 1
Roger Young
Roger Young (rugby player)
Roger Michael Young is a former international rugby union player.He was capped twenty-six times as a scrum-half for Ireland between 1965 and 1971. He scored one try for Ireland....

704
S. MACHALE 705
Ken Kennedy
Ken Kennedy (rugby player)
Kenneth William Kennedy is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1974 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for London Irish.He was a consultant geriatrician at St Stephens Hospital in London.-References:...

706
Mick Doyle
Mick Doyle (rugby player)
Mick Doyle was an Irish rugby union international player and coach.Doyle was born in Castleisland, County Kerry, and began playing rugby union at Newbridge College, County Kildare. He went on to study veterinary science at University College Dublin, who he also represented at rugby...

707 vs France 23/01/1965 20
Ronnie Lamont
Ronnie Lamont
Ronald Arthur Lamont MBE is a former international rugby union player.He was capped twelve times for Ireland between 1965 and 1970, winning seven caps as a number eight and five as a flanker...

708
P.J. MCGRATH 709
C.H. WALL 710
M.G. MOLLOY 711
Barry Bresnihan
Barry Bresnihan
Finbarr Patrick Bresnihan was an international rugby union player. He was educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin.He was capped twenty-five times as a centre for Ireland between 1966 and 1971. He scored six tries for Ireland....

712
A.M. BRADY 713
O.C. WALDRON 714
H.H. REA 715
B.F. SHERRY 716
P. O’CALLAGHAN 717
Ken Goodall
Ken Goodall
Kenneth George Goodall was a former Irish international rugby union and British and Irish Lions player and vice principal at Faughan Valley High School, which is now part of Lisneal College....

718 vs Australia 21/01/1967 19
R.D. SCOTT 719
S.A. HUTTON 720
T.A.P. MOORE 721
B.A.P. O’BRIEN 722
W.M. MCCOMBE 723
T.J. DOYLE 724
L.M. HUNTER 725
J.C.M. MORONEY 726
J.J. TYDINGS 727
B.J. MCGANN 728
Jimmy Davidson 729
C. GRIMSHAW 730
W.J. BROWN 731
C.E. CAMPBELL 732
Fergus Slattery
Fergus Slattery
John Fergus Slattery is a former rugby union player who represented Ireland. He played schools rugby for Blackrock College and then moved on to play senior rugby for UCD, before earning a call up to the Ireland team in 1970. During his career Slattery earned 61 caps, 18 as captain, and scored 3...

733
E.L. GRANT 734
Sean Lynch
Sean Lynch (rugby player)
John Francis 'Sean' Lynch is a former Ireland international rugby union player.Lynch was capped fifteen times as a prop for Ireland between 1971 and 1975]]) and toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions playing in all four tests against the All Blacks. He played club rugby for...

735
D.J. HICKIE 736
B.J. O’DRISCOLL 737
Tom Grace
Tom Grace
Thomas Oliver Grace was a University College Dublin RFC and St. Mary's College RFC winger in the 1960 and 1970s as well as playing for his province Leinster. He appeared for the Ireland during his career...

738
A.W. MCMASTER 739
John Moloney
John Moloney (rugby player)
John Joseph Moloney is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1974 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for St. Mary's College R.F.C..-References:...

740
C.F.P. FEIGHERY 741
Stewart McKinney
Stewart McKinney (rugby player)
Stewart Alexander McKinney is a former Ireland international rugby union player. In 1974 he played for the British Lions on their tour of South Africa. At the time he played club rugby for Dungannon. He moved to England and played for London Irish. His son Sam was the club Captain for the London...

742
K.M.A. MAYS 743
Richard Milliken
Richard Milliken
Richard Alexander Milliken is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1974 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Bangor.-References:...

 
744
J.H. BUCKLEY 745
Tony Ensor
Tony Ensor
Anthony Howard Ensor , commonly called Tony Ensor , was an Ireland rugby union player.Educated at Gonzaga College and UCD, he played for UCD and Wanderers. He made his international debut on March 10 1973 against Wales...

746
S.P. DENNISON 747
Mick Quinn 748
R.J. CLEGG 749
V.A. BECKER 750
Moss Keane
Moss Keane
Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane was a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.-Life and career:...

751 vs France 19/01/1974 51
P.J. AGNEW 752
P.J. LAVERY 753
S.M. DEERING 754
A. DOHERTY 755
J.F. CROWE 756
Patrick Parfrey
Patrick Parfrey
Patrick Parfrey, OC is a Canadian physician, specialized as nephrologist and epidemiologist. Parfrey is an internationally known scientist and clinical epidemiologist...

757
P.C. WHELAN 758
Willie Duggan
Willie Duggan
William Patrick Duggan is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He won 41 Irish Caps, the first in 1975 and finished his international career in 1984 as captain...

759
M.J.A. SHERRY 760
J.A. MCILRATH 761
Ollie Campbell
Ollie Campbell
Seamus Oliver Campbell was an Irish rugby union player from 1976 to 1984. He was educated at Belvedere College, a famous Irish rugby school, where he was on the teams that won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup twice in a row in 1971 and 1972...

762
John Robbie
John Robbie
John Cameron Robbie is a former international rugby union player. He went to The High School in Dublin, Ireland. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Greystones RFC. He was later picked twice for the South African rugby team but...

763
J.L. CANTRELL 764
F.M. MCLOUGHLIN 765
Phillip Orr 766
B.O. FOLEY 767
D.M. CANNIFFE 768
R.F. HAKIN 769
L.A. MOLONEY 770
J.A. BRADY 771
S.E.F. BLAKE-KNOX 772
H.W. STEELE 773
C.H. MCKIBBIN 774
F. WILSON 775
A.R. MCKIBBIN 776
D. ST J. BOWEN 777
R.J.M. MCGRATH 778
T.A.O. FEIGHERY 779
Ned Byrne
Ned Byrne
Edward "Ned" Michael Joseph Byrne is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club James Stephens and the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1970s, and between 1977 and 1978 represented Ireland at rugby union.- Early life :Ned Byrne was born in Kilkenny in 1947...

780
C.W. MURTAGH 781
R.G.A. FINN 782
A.C. MCLENNAN 783
Paul McNaughton
Paul McNaughton
Paul Peter Patrick McNaughton , was an Irish rugby union, soccer and GAA player during the 1970s and 1980s. He played rugby as a centre, with Leinster, Ireland , Greystones and Wanderers. Although better known as a rugby player, he also played soccer for both Shelbourne F.C. and Bray Wanderers A.F.C....

784
Tony Ward
Tony Ward (rugby player)
Anthony Joseph Patrick Ward , commonly referred to as Tony Ward, was an Irish rugby union and soccer player during the 1970s and 1980s. He played rugby as a fly-half for, among others, Munster, Leinster, , the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarians...

785
M.P. FITZPATRICK 786
Donal Spring 787
John O'Driscoll 788
T.J. KENNEDY 789
Colin Patterson
Colin Patterson (Rugby player)
Colin Patterson is a former international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Instonians. His son Johnny captained the Regent House Grammar School side that reached the Ulster Schools Cup final in 2008.-Notes:...

790
Dick Spring
Dick Spring
Richard "Dick" Spring is an Irish businessman and former politician. He was first elected as a Labour Party Teachta Dála in 1981 and retained his seat until 2002. He became leader of the Labour Party in 1982, and held this position until 1997...

791
Gerry McLoughlin
Gerry McLoughlin
Gerard Anthony Joseph McLoughlin is a former international rugby union player. He played club rugby for Shannon RFC and played on the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand....

792
Colm Tucker
Colm Tucker
Colm Tucker is a former international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions during a period when at club level he was representing Shannon RFC. Tucker was educated at St. Munchin's College in Limerick.-Notes:...

793
M.E. GIBSON 794
Moss Finn 795
W.R.J. ELLIOTT 796
Rodney O'Donnell
Rodney O'Donnell
Rodney Christopher O'Donnell is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions and at the time played club rugby for St. Mary's College RFC. His rugby career was ended by a neck injury.- Notes :...

797
Ciaran Fitzgerald
Ciaran Fitzgerald
Ciaran Fitzgerald in Loughrea, County Galway is a former Irish rugby union footballer and coach of the national team.- Biography :...

798 vs Australia 03/06/1979 25
F.N.G. ENNIS 799
Kevin O'Brien
Kevin O'Brien (rugby union)
Kevin O'Brien is a former rugby union international who represented Ireland from 1980 to 1981.-Rugby union career:O'Brien played club rugby for Broughton Park and made his international debut on 19 January 1980 at Twickenham in the England vs Ireland match that was won by England 24-9. He later...

800

801 to 900

Name Number Date of Debut No of Caps
Jim Glennon
Jim Glennon
Jim Glennon is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and former Irish International rugby player. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North constituency from 2002–2007....

801
I.J. BURNS 802
David Irwin
David Irwin
David George Irwin is a former rugby union player who played for and the British Lions.-Ireland:Between 1980 and 1990, Irwin made 25 appearances for , scoring 8 points including 2 tries...

803
Hugo MacNeill
Hugo MacNeill (rugby player)
Hugh Patrick "Hugo" MacNeill is a former Ireland international rugby union player. In 1983 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions and a the time played club rugby for Oxford University RFC....

 
804
F.P. QUINN 805
Kenny Hooks 806
J.J. MURPHY 807
Paul Dean
Paul Dean (rugby player)
Paul Michael Dean is a former Irish international rugby union player. He toured Australia in 1989 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for St. Mary's College RFC.-Notes:...

808
J.J. HOLLAND 809
J.A. HEWITT 810
Trevor Ringland
Trevor Ringland
Trevor Maxwell Ringland, MBE is a solicitor, former rugby union winger and Unionist politician. After attending Larne Grammar School Ringland studied law at Queen's University Belfast.-Rugby career:...

811
Donal Lenihan
Donal Lenihan
Donal Gerard Lenihan is a retired Irish rugby union player with 52 international caps.- Biography:Donal was raised in a sporting background. His father, Gerald Lenihan, was an All-Ireland heavyweight boxing champion and Gaelic footballer of distinction, and played in the same team as Jack Lynch...

812
Michael Kiernan 813
Keith Crossan 814
R.K. KEARNEY 815
R.J.M. MORONEY 816
J.J. MCCOY 817
W.R. DUNCAN 818
H.T. HARBISON 819
J.A.P. DOYLE 820
Des Fitzgerald 821
D.G. MCGRATH 822
H.C. CONDON 823
Brendan Mullin
Brendan Mullin
Brendan John Mullin is a former Ireland international rugby union footballer. He played as a centre.-Profile:Mullin was educated at one of the leading Irish schools rugby nurseries Blackrock College, Dublin...

824
Michael Bradley
Michael Bradley (rugby)
Michael Bradley is a former Irish rugby union player and the director of rugby at Connacht since 2003. He played primarily at scrum half and was capped 40 times for Ireland. He made his debut in 1984 against Australia and was a member of the 1985 Triple Crown team...

825
Willie Anderson
Willie Anderson (rugby coach)
Willie Anderson is a rugby union coach and former Ireland international. A lock, Anderson was capped 27 times for the national side between 1984 and 1990, some of which as captain...

826
Philip Matthews
Philip Matthews
Phillip Michael Matthews is the current President of the National College of Ireland, in Dublin, since February 2009...

827
W.J. SEXTON 828
B.J. SPILLANE 829
Nigel Carr
Nigel Carr
Nigel Carr was an Ireland rugby union international whose promising career was cut short due to injuries sustained in an IRA bomb explosion.-Early life:Nigel John Carr was born in Belfast on 27 July 1959...

830
B.W. MCCALL 831
R.D. MORROW 832
A.P. KENNEDY 833
Ralph Keyes
Ralph Keyes
Ralph Keyes is a rugby player who won 8 caps playing at fly-half for the Irish rugby union side. He made his international test debut at the age of 24 on 1 March 1986 against England...

834
T. KINGSTON 835
J.P. MCDONALD 836
P.C. COLLINS 837
J. LANGBROEK 838
Neil Francis 839
Phil Danaher 840
John Fitzgerald 841
Don. Whittle 842
T.P.J. CLANCY 843
Denis McBride
Denis McBride (rugby union)
Denis McBride is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played as an openside wing-forward and earned 32 caps for the Irish national team between 1988 and 1997. He played his club rugby for Malone and provincial rugby for Ulster. -References:...

844
M.M.F. MOYLETT 845
J.F. SEXTON 846
Vince Cunningham
Vince Cunningham
Vincent John Gerald Cunningham is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He played as a centre.He had 16 caps for Ireland, from 1988 to 1994, scoring 3 tries and 1 conversion, 14 points in aggregate. The Irish centre played two matches at the 1991 Rugby World Cup finals...

847
L.F.P. AHERNE 848
Steve Smith
Steve Smith (Irish rugby player)
Stephen James Smith is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He played as a hooker.Smith had 25 caps for Ireland, from 1988 to 1993, scoring 2 tries, 8 points in aggregate...

849
N.P. MANNION 850
Pat O'Hara
Pat O'Hara (rugby footballer)
Pat O'Hara is a retired Irish rugby union wing-forward. Born in Hornchurch, Essex, he played for Sundays Well, Cork Constitution Munster and Ireland, winning 15 caps between 1988 and 1994....

851
F.J. DUNLEA 852
Paul Haycock 853 vs England 18/02/1989 1
Philip Rainey 854 vs England 18/02/1989 1
Nick Popplewell
Nick Popplewell
Nick Popplewell is an Irish former rugby union player who won 48 caps for his country between 1989 and 1998. He played club rugby for Greystones RFC and the Newcastle Falcons. He started all 3 tests for the British & Irish Lions on the tour to New Zealand in 1993-External links:*...

855 vs New Zealand 18/11/1989 48
Brian Smith
Brian Smith (rugby)
Brian Smith is an Australian retired rugby football player and current coach. He is the attack coach for England.Smith was born in St George, Queensland. He played rugby union for the Queensland Reds, and won 6 caps for Australia in 1987, before playing 9 times for Ireland between 1989 and 1991 as...

856 vs New Zealand 18/11/1989 9
Kenny Murphy 857 vs England 20/01/1990 11
Peter Russell 858 vs England 20/01/1990 4
Gary Halpin 859 vs England 20/01/1990 11
Alain Rolland
Alain Rolland
Alain Colm Pierre Rolland is an Irish rugby union referee and former player.During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for . He started the match on 27 October 1990 against , and gained further caps as a replacement against in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 provincial...

860 vs Argentina 27/10/1990 3
Paddy Johns
Paddy Johns
Patrick Stephen Johns, known as Paddy Johns was an Irish rugby union player from 1990 to 2000. He played mainly as a lock and occasionally in the back-row.He won 59 caps, scoring 4 tries and 20 points...

861 vs Argentina 27/10/1990 59
Philip Lawlor 862 vs Argentina 27/10/1990 3
Simon Geoghegan
Simon Geoghegan
Simon Patrick Geoghegan is a former Irish rugby union footballer who played at wing in England for London Irish and Bath and in the Irish Inter-provincial Championships for Connacht Rugby and the Exiles...

863 vs France 02/02/1991 37
Rob Saunders 864 vs France 02/02/1991 12
Brian Rigney
Brian Rigney
Brian Joseph Rigney is an Irish former rugby union player who won 8 caps for his country between 1991 and 1992. He played club rugby for Greystones RFC.-References:...

865 vs France 02/02/1991 8
Mick Galwey 866 vs France 02/02/1991 41
Brian Robinson 867 vs France 02/02/1991 25
Gordon Hamilton
Gordon Hamilton (rugby union)
Gordon Frederic Hamilton is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played as an open-side wing-forward.Hamilton played for N.I.F.C., and Ulster.He had 10 caps for Ireland, from 1991 to 1992, scoring a single try...

868 vs France 02/02/1991 10
Jim Staples
Jim Staples (rugby player)
James Edward Staples is a former Irish rugby union footballer. He played as a fullback.He had 26 caps for Ireland, scoring 5 tries and 2 conversions, 25 points in aggregate. He played club rugby for London Irish and Harlequins...

869 vs Wales 16/02/1991 26
David Curtis
David Curtis
David Michael Curtis is a former Irish rugby union international. He also played some first-class cricket while at Oxford University....

870 vs Wales 16/02/1991 13
Jack Clarke 871 vs Wales 16/02/1991 29
Richard Wallace
Richard Wallace (rugby player)
Richard Michael Wallace is a former Garryowen, Munster, Saracens, Ireland and Lions rugby union player. He was a winger and gained 29 caps with the Ireland national rugby union team. He was a member of the first Munster team to compete in the Heineken Cup. He made his full international debut in...

872 vs Namibia 20/07/1991 29
Nicky Barry 873 vs Namibia 27/07/1991 1
Michael Fitzgibbon 874 vs Wales 18/01/1992 6
Derek McAleese 875 vs France 21/03/1992 1
Paul Hogan 876 vs France 21/03/1992 1
Ronald Carey 877 vs New Zealand 30/05/1992 2
Neville Furlong 878 vs New Zealand 30/05/1992 2
Paul McCarthy 879 vs New Zealand 30/05/1992 5
Kelvin Leahy 880 vs New Zealand 30/05/1992 1
Mark McCall
Mark McCall
Mark McCall is an Irish former rugby union player and former coach of Ulster. He played 13 times for the Ireland national rugby union team, making his debut against New Zealand on 30 May 1992 as a substitute...

881 vs New Zealand 30/05/1992 13
Paddy Kenny 882 vs New Zealand 06/06/1992 1
John Murphy 883 vs Australia 31/10/1992 1
Colin Wilkinson 884 vs Scotland 16/01/1993 1
Niall Malone
Niall Malone
Niall Gareth Malone is a former rugby union footballer who played for Leicester and Ireland.-References:...

 
885 vs Scotland 16/01/1993 3
Richard Costello 886 vs Scotland 16/01/1993 1
Ciaran Clarke 887 vs France 20/02/1993 5
Peter Clohessy
Peter Clohessy
Peter Martin Noel Clohessy is a former Irish rugby union footballer. Clohessy played for Munster and Ireland...

888 vs France 20/02/1993 54
Brian Glennon 889 vs France 20/02/1993 1
Eric Elwood
Eric Elwood
Eric Elwood is a former rugby union player and was capped first for Ireland while playing for Connacht and Lansdowne before he returned to Galwegians RFC, the club of his youth....

890 vs Wales 06/03/1993 35
Conor O'Shea
Conor O'Shea
Conor Michael Patrick O'Shea is a former rugby union player who played at full back for Ireland, Lansdowne R.F.C. and London Irish. He is Director of Rugby at Harlequins F.C..-Early life and education:...

891 vs Romania 13/11/1993 35
Ken O'Connell 892 vs France 15/01/1994 2
Maurice Field 893 vs England 19/02/1994 17
Jonathan Bell
Jonathan Bell (rugby player)
Jonathan Charles Bell is a rugby union player who played at centre for Ulster, Dungannon, Northampton and Ireland. He made his international debut in 1994 against Australia....

894 vs Australia 5/06/1994 36
Niall Woods
Niall Woods
Niall Woods is a retired Irish rugby footballer. He retired in 2001 having earned 8 caps on the wing for the Irish national team between 1994 and 1999 as well as playing for Blackrock Coll, Dublin University, Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins and Northern Suburbs.-References:...

895 vs Australia 5/06/1994 8
Keith Wood
Keith Wood
Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood and educated at St Munchin's College, Limerick is a former international rugby union footballer who played hooker for Ireland, the Lions, Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster....

896 vs Australia 5/06/1994 58
David Corkery
David Corkery
David Corkery is a retired Irish rugby union player. In his career he played for Cork Constitution, Munster and Bristol, as well as winning 27 caps for Ireland between 1994 and 1999. -References:...

897 vs Australia 5/06/1994 27
Gabriel Fulcher 898 vs Australia 11/06/1994 20
Alan McGowan 899 vs USA 5/11/1994 1
Paul Burke
Paul Burke (rugby player)
Paul Burke , educated at Epsom College in Surrey, is an Irish rugby union footballer who played at Fly Half. He has formerly played for Cork Constitution, London Irish, Munster, Bristol, Cardiff and Harlequins. He signed for English club Leicester Tigers for the 2006–7 season and helped take the...

900 vs England 21/01/1995 13

901 to 1000

Name Number Date of Début No. of Caps
Niall Hogan 901 vs England 21/01/1995 13
Anthony Foley
Anthony Foley
Anthony "Axel" Foley is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He was educated at St Munchin's College in Limerick.-Shannon:...

902 vs England 21/01/1995 62
Ben Cronin
Ben Cronin (rugby footballer)
Ben Cronin is a retired Irish rugby footballer. He played for Garryowen, Munster, Orrell and also won two caps for Ireland between 1995 and 1997. He mainly played at number 8 but could also play at wing-forward.-References:...

903 vs Scotland 04/02/1995 2
Davy Tweed
Davy Tweed
Davy Tweed is a former Irish rugby international and an independent councillor on Ballymena Borough Council.-Political career:...

904 vs France 04/03/1995 4
Eddie Halvey
Eddie Halvey
Eddie Halvey was an Irish rugby union footballer for Munster, London Irish and Ireland. He played as a Flanker.-Munster:...

905 vs France 04/03/1995 8
Darragh O'Mahony
Darragh O'Mahony
Darragh O'Mahony is a rugby union player who played on the Wing for Moseley, Saracens and Ireland. O'Mahony joined Saracens from Bedford Blues in 1999 and was released by mutual consent in August 2004.-Notes:...

906 vs Italy 06/05/1995 4
David O'Mahony 907 vs Italy 06/05/1995 1
Paul Wallace 908 vs Japan 31/05/1995 45
Christian Saverimutto 909 vs Fiji 18/11/1995 3
Jeremy Davidson
Jeremy Davidson
Jeremy Davidson is a rugby union lock who played club rugby for Dungannon RFC, Ulster, London Irish and Castres Olympique. At international level he represented Ireland with 32 caps and also represented the British and Irish Lions...

910 vs Fiji 18/11/1995 32
Allen Clarke 911 vs Fiji 18/11/1995 8
Sean McCahill
Sean McCahill
Sean McCahill in Auckland, New Zealand is a retired Irish rugby union centre.-Background:McCahill grew up in Auckland and attended St Peter's College where he played rugby. His father was an Irish immigrant who established a profitable road-making and infrastructure business in Auckland, Green...

912 vs Fiji 18/11/1995 1
Henry Hurley
Henry Hurley
Henry Hurley is a retired Irish rugby union loose-head prop-forward. Born in Doncaster, He played for Old Wesley RFC, Moseley RFC, Leinster and Ireland. He won 2 caps between 1995 and 1996. -References:...

913 vs Fiji 18/11/1995 2
Kurt McQuilkin 914 vs USA 6/01/1996 5
Victor Costello
Victor Costello
Victor Costello is a retired Irish rugby player and Olympic shot-putter. Playing senior rugby throughout the 1990s until his retirement in 2005, his rugby career with Leinster and Ireland straddled the amateur and professional eras...

915 vs USA 6/01/1996 39
David Humphreys 916 vs France 17/02/1996 72
Simon Mason  917 vs Wales 2/03/1996 3
Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson
Robert Alexander James Henderson is a rugby union footballer who plays at centre for Esher RFC. He has represented Ireland with 32 caps and toured with the 2001 British and Irish Lions....

918 vs Western Samoa 12/11/1996 32
James Topping
James Topping
James Topping is a retired Irish rugby footballer. He won 8 caps for the Irish team between 1996 and 2003, playing on the wing. He also played for Ballymena and Ulster.-References:...

919 vs Western Samoa 12/11/1996 8
Dominic Crotty
Dominic Crotty
Dominic Crotty is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played at full-back and also on the wing for Garryowen, Munster and the Irish national team, earning five caps between 1996 and 2000....

920 vs Australia 23/11/1996 5
Stephen McIvor
Stephen McIvor
Stephen McIvor is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played at scrum-half, primarily for Garryowen and Munster, and also won three caps for Ireland from 1996 to 1997.-External links:*...

921 vs Australia 23/11/1996 3
Eric Miller
Eric Miller (rugby player)
Eric Roger Patrick Miller is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among others Old Wesley, Leicester Tigers,[Ulster],Leinster, the Barbarians, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...

922 vs Italy 4/01/1997 48
Denis Hickie
Denis Hickie
Denis Anthony Hickie born 13 February 1976 in Dublin, Ireland is a retired professional rugby union footballer employed by the Irish Rugby Football Union. He played his club rugby for Leinster. His primary position was on the wing. He is also known as Disco Denis as a result of his quick feet...

923 vs Wales 1/02/1997 62
Ross Nesdale
Ross Nesdale
Ross Nesdale is a retired Irish rugby union footballer who played as a hooker.-Career:Nesdale won 13 caps for Ireland between 1997 and 1999, and was part of the squad at the 1999 Rugby World Cup where he played in two matches...

924 vs Wales 1/02/1997 13
Brian O'Meara 925 vs England 15/02/1997 9
Paul Flavin 926 vs Scotland 1/03/1997 2
Kevin Nowlan 927 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 3
John McWeeney 928 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 1
Conor McGuinness 929 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 14
Malcolm O'Kelly
Malcolm O'Kelly
Malcolm O'Kelly is a retired Irish rugby union player who played as a lock for Ireland and Leinster....

930 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 92
Kieron Dawson
Kieron Dawson
Kieron Dawson is an Irish rugby union footballer who is flanker for Ulster and Ireland....

931 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 21
David Erskine  932 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 15
Kevin Maggs
Kevin Maggs
Kevin Michael Maggs is a former Irish rugby union Centre, he is currently player/coach with Moseley, he previously played for Bristol, Bath, Ulster and Rotherham Titans....

933 vs New Zealand 15/11/1997 70
Reggie Corrigan
Reggie Corrigan
Reggie Corrigan is a former Irish rugby union footballer, playing at loose-head prop-forward. He attended school in Presentation College, Bray....

934 vs Canada 30/11/1997 47
Dylan O'Grady
Dylan O'Grady
Dylan O'Grady is a former Irish rugby union player. He played at blind-side wing-forward, winning one cap for Ireland in 1997.Between 1997-1998 he played for Sale where he played in the 1997 Pilkington Cup Final at Twickenham....

935 vs Italy 20/12/1997 1
Andy Ward
Andrew Ward (Rugby)
Andy Ward is an Irish rugby union player currently player at Ballynahinch RFC. He has played for Ireland with 28 caps and for Ulster.-References:Belfast Newsletter, Belfast Telegraph,...

936 vs France 7/03/1998 28
Killian Keane
Killian Keane
Killian Keane is a retired Irish rugby union player. He was born in Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland in August 1971.-Rugby career:As a schoolboy, he inspired Skerries Community Games Rugby team to the All Ireland Final, losing to Regional...

937 vs England 4/04/1998 1
Justin Bishop
Justin Bishop (rugby player)
Justin Patrick Bishop, is a rugby union footballer who played at wing and full-back for London Irish until the end of the 2006/2007 season. He made 279 appearances for the London Irish first XV scoring 58 tries, registering 290 points in the process. He also made 25 appearances for Ireland scoring...

938 vs South Africa 13/06/1998 25
Justin Fitzpatrick
Justin Fitzpatrick
Justin Fitzpatrick is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster. He made his debut for the senior Ireland team in a 13–37 defeat against South Africa on June 13, 1998 going on to win 26 caps.-External links:*...

939 vs South Africa 13/06/1998 26
Dion O'Cuinneagain
Dion O'Cuinneagain
Dion O'Cuinneagain is a former rugby union player who represented both South Africa and Ireland. Since retiring as a rugby player, O'Cuinneagain has worked as a doctor and as a rugby coach.-Early years:...

940 vs South Africa 13/06/1998 19
Trevor Brennan
Trevor Brennan
Trevor Brennan is a former rugby union player for Barnhall, Bective Rangers, St Marys College RFC, Leinster Rugby, Stade Toulousain and Ireland; being capped 13 times. He played either in the second row or as a flanker.Trevor captained St Mary's College RFC to their only AIB League title in 2000...

941 vs South Africa 13/06/1998 13
Pat Duignan
Pat Duignan
Patrick Duignan is a former rugby footballer, an Irish representative three-quarter who played in two pool matches of the 1998 Rugby World Cup....

942 vs Georgia 14/11/1998 2
Girvan Dempsey
Girvan Dempsey
Girvan Dempsey is a retired rugby union footballer who played at full back for Leinster and Ireland.- Rugby career :...

943 vs Georgia 14/11/1998 81
Ciaran Scally
Ciaran Scally
Ciaran Scally is a retired Irish rugby union scrum-half. He played for Blackrock College, UCD, Leinster and also won four caps for Ireland from 1998 to 1999. Sadly, a knee injury ended his career in 1999 at the age of just 20.-References:...

944 vs Georgia 14/11/1998 4
Brian O'Driscoll
Brian O'Driscoll
Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand...

945 vs Australia 12/06/1999
Matt Mostyn
Matt Mostyn
Matt Mostyn is a retired Irish-Australian rugby footballer. He earned six caps for the Irish team in 1999, of which four came at the World Cup. He played club rugby in Australia, France, Wales and Ireland, finishing his career at Connacht and Galwegians in 2008.-References:...

946 vs Australia 12/06/1999 6
Tom Tierney
Tom Tierney
Tom Tierney is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played at scrum-half for Richmond, Garryowen, Munster, Galwegians, Connacht and Ireland. He won eight international caps in 1999 and 2000. Currently he his Head Coach with Clanwilliam F.C in Tipperary Town....

947 vs Australia 12/06/1999 8
End of IRFU Records
Mike Mullins 948 vs Argentina 28/08/1999 16
Angus McKeen
Angus McKeen
Angus McKeen is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He won one cap for Ireland at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, as well as playing for Lansdowne Football Club and Leinster. His position was tight-head prop-forward. He is a past-pupil of The King's Hospital school in Dublin.-References:...

949 vs Romania 15/10/1999 1
Gordon D'Arcy
Gordon D'Arcy
Gordon William D'Arcy is an Irish rugby player, more specifically an inside centre. He is registered to Lansdowne RFC and plays for provincial and RaboDirect Pro12 side Leinster.-Career:...

950 vs Romania 15/10/1999
Alan Quinlan
Alan Quinlan
Alan Quinlan is an Irish rugby union player. He played for Munster and is registered to the AIB League side Shannon. He retired from rugby in May 2011.-Career:...

951 vs Romania 15/10/1999 27
Bob Casey
Bob Casey (rugby player)
Bob Casey is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays at lock for London Irish. Casey is originally from Maynooth, County Kildare, and was educated at Blackrock College, a Dublin secondary school renowned for producing international rugby players.-Club career:Casey joined Leinster in 1999 and...

952 vs England 05/02/2000
Shane Horgan
Shane Horgan
Shane Patrick Horgan born 18 July 1978 in Bellewstown, County Meath is a rugby union player who plays wing or centre for Leinster and Ireland. He is tall. While he was young he played for Boyne RFC. He also played Gaelic football at Minor level with Meath.Horgan joined Lansdowne on leaving...

953 vs Scotland 19/02/2000
Ronan O'Gara
Ronan O'Gara
Ronan John Ross O'Gara is an Irish rugby union player, playing at fly-half for both Munster and Ireland. He is the all time highest point scorer for both Munster and Ireland. In addition to his prolific point-scoring, he has captained Munster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...

954 vs Scotland 19/02/2000
Peter Stringer
Peter Stringer
Peter Alexander Stringer is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half for Munster and Ireland. He is one of the most recognisable players in world rugby as Stringer stands only 1.7m tall and weighs in at just over 70 kg .-Career:In February 2000, he made his debut for Ireland...

955 vs Scotland 19/02/2000
Simon Easterby
Simon Easterby
Simon Easterby is an English-born Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Scarlets, for whom he is a player-coach, and is a recently retired Ireland international. His regular position is at blindside flanker, but he is equally adept on the openside.-Early life:Easterby's father is English and...

956 vs Scotland 19/02/2000 65
John Hayes
John Hayes (rugby player)
John Hayes is an Irish rugby union player, who plays in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup for Munster. Having spent his underage career playing with the local Cappamore GAA club, he was 18 when he started playing rugby. It was his size which enabled him to overcome his late start to the sport...

957 vs Scotland 19/02/2000
Peter McKenna
Peter McKenna (rugby)
Peter McKenna is a former Irish Rugby International, author, broadcaster and solicitor.-Early life:McKenna was educated at C.B.C. Monkstown where he played rugby for the school, representing Leinster Schools in 1991 and 1992. He went on to study law in University College Dublin and began playing...

958 vs Argentina 03/06/2000 1
Geordan Murphy
Geordan Murphy
Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy is an Irish rugby union rugby player and plays fullback or wing for the English club Leicester Tigers and Ireland....

959 vs USA 10/06/2000
Guy Easterby
Guy Easterby
Guy Easterby is a former rugby union player for Ireland. He is currently team manager of Leinster alongside head coach Josef Schmidt.His father is English and his mother Irish...

960 vs USA 10/06/2000 28
Frankie Sheahan
Frankie Sheahan
Frankie Sheahan is a retired Hooker and played for Munster from 1996 up to the end of the 2008-2009 season, and also for the Ireland where he gained 29 caps, having made his debut on June 10, 2000....

961 vs USA 10/06/2000 29
David Wallace
David Wallace (rugby player)
David P. Wallace is an Irish rugby union player for Munster and Ireland. He grew up in Limerick on the Ennis Road. He did not leave Limerick until the age of 17, when he started playing for Munster. He normally plays as an Openside Flanker, but has also played Blindside and Number 8...

962 vs USA 10/06/2000
Marcus Horan
Marcus Horan
Marcus Horan is an Irish rugby union player who plays loose-head-prop for Munster and Ireland.Horan was educated at St. Munchin's College and Limerick Institute of Technology...

963 vs USA 10/06/2000
Tyrone Howe
Tyrone Howe
Tyrone Gyle Howe is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for University of St Andrews RFC, Ulster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions....

964 vs Japan 11/11/2000 14
Gary Longwell
Gary Longwell
Gary Longwell is an Irish rugby player. His usual position is as a lock.-International career:Longwell made his debut for the Irish national team on 11 November 2000 in a Test against Japan in Dublin and went on to win 26 caps. He was a part of Ireland's squad at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in...

965 vs Japan 11/11/2000 26
Emmet Byrne
Emmet Byrne (rugby player)
Emmet Byrne is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played at prop-forward for Wanderers FC, St Mary's College RFC, Blackrock College RFC and Leinster. He also won eight caps between 2001 and 2003 for Ireland. He was able to play at tight-head or loose-head....

966 vs Italy 03/02/2001 8
Shane Byrne 967 vs Romania 02/06/2001 41
Mick O'Driscoll
Mick O'Driscoll
Mick O'Driscoll is an Irish rugby union player. He plays for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup, and plays internationally for Ireland. He made his Munster debut in 1998 against Neath. His international debut came as a replacement against Romania in 2001...

968 vs Romania 02/06/2001
Jeremy Staunton
Jeremy Staunton
Jeremy Staunton is an Irish rugby union fly-half, currently playing for English club Leicester Tigers in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. He has also played for Ireland.He was educated at St Munchin's College Limerick....

969 vs Samoa 11/11/2001
Paul O'Connell
Paul O'Connell
Paul O'Connell is an Irish rugby union player who plays lock for Munster and Ireland. He also captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa.-Early life:...

970 vs Wales 03/02/2002
Keith Gleeson
Keith Gleeson
Keith Gleeson is a retired Irish rugby union football player.- Early life :Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, before moving to Australia with his family as a child after attending St. Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4 for several years...

971 vs Wales 03/02/2002 27
John Kelly 972 vs Italy 23/03/2002 17
Leo Cullen
Leo Cullen (rugby player)
Leo Cullen is an Irish rugby union player who plays Lock for Irish club Leinster Rugby and Ireland. He was educated, firstly at Willow Park which is the junior school to Blackrock College where he attended secondary school...

973 vs New Zealand 22/06/2002
Donncha O'Callaghan
Donncha O'Callaghan
Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock for Munster and Ireland.- Early career :He began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997/98 season he won a Schools Senior Cup with the Christian Brothers College, Cork,...

974 vs Wales 22/03/2003
Simon Best
Simon Best
Simon Best is a former Irish rugby union footballer. He played for Ulster and was club captain in Ulster's 2005/06 Magners League winning season...

975 vs Tonga 14/06/2003 23
Mark McHugh
Mark McHugh
Mark McHugh is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays at full-back and out-half. In his career, he has represented Leinster, Connacht, St Mary's College RFC, Galwegians RFC, Montpellier, Nice and Ireland, winning one cap in 2003.-References:...

976 vs Tonga 14/06/2003 1
Anthony Horgan
Anthony Horgan
Anthony Horgan is a former Irish rugby union player, who played for Munster and Ireland. He played as a Winger.-Munster:...

977 vs Samoa 20/06/2003 7
Aidan McCullen
Aidan McCullen
Aidan McCullen is a retired Ireland national rugby union team player who plays as a back rower, who can play 6, 7 or 8 and has also played for Leinster at second row. He has played for the Ireland sevens side on many competitions including Hong Kong Sevens and the Rugby World Cup Sevens...

978 vs Samoa 20/06/2003 1
Paul Shields
Paul Shields (rugby player)
Paul Shields is a former Irish professional rugby union player who at club level represented Ulster Rugby and Northampton Saints. He won two caps for the Ireland national team in 2003.- Ulster Rugby :...

979 vs Samoa 20/06/2003 2
Gavin Duffy
Gavin Duffy
Gavin Duffy is a rugby union footballer who plays at full back or at centre for Connacht Rugby.Educated at Cistercian College, Roscrea and UCG he first played for Ireland at Schools level in 1998 and at Under-21 level before he was brought into their senior side during the 2000/01 season.Duffy...

980 vs South Africa 19/06/2004
Johnny O'Connor
Johnny O'Connor
Johnny O'Connor is a rugby union player for Connacht in the RaboDirect Pro12, and his position of choice is as a Flanker.He has played for Wasps in the Guinness Premiership before returning to Connacht....

981 vs South Africa 13/11/2004
Denis Leamy
Denis Leamy
Denis Leamy is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is a back row forward who can play either blind side flanker or at number 8, and has occasionally played at inside centre...

982 vs USA 20/11/2004
Tommy Bowe
Tommy Bowe
Thomas John "Tommy" Bowe is an Irish rugby union footballer from County Monaghan, Ireland...

983 vs USA 20/11/2004
Matt McCullough
Matt McCullough
Matt McCullough is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He played for Ulster.McCullough was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College Dublin. He captained the School's 1st XV rugby team 1999–2000, which reached the final of the 2000 Ulster Schools Cup, where they were beaten by...

984 vs Japan 12/06/2005
Roger Wilson
Roger Wilson (rugby player)
Roger Wilson is an Irish rugby union footballer. Formerly of Ulster, he now plays for the Northampton Saints. His grandfather, Harry McKibbin and his two uncles, Harry Jnr and Alastair, have also represented Ireland....

985 vs Japan 12/06/2005
Bernard Jackman
Bernard Jackman
Bernard Jackman is an Irish former rugby union player who played for Leinster. At international level, he has also played for Ireland.-Early career:...

986 vs Japan 12/06/2005
David Quinlan
David Quinlan (rugby footballer)
David Quinlan is a retired Irish rugby player. He played for Blackrock College, Leinster and Northampton, as well as earning two caps for the Irish national team. His position of choice was as an inside centre. He retired due to injury in 2007.-References:...

987 vs Japan 12/06/2005
Trevor Hogan
Trevor Hogan
Trevor Hogan was a professional rugby union player. He attended Nenagh CBS and Dublin City University, from which he obtained an honours degree in journalism. He played rugby with Nenagh Ormond, Dublin University and Blackrock College RFC before joining Shannon RFC in 2002 whom he has helped to...

988 vs Japan 12/06/2005
Kieran Campbell
Kieran Campbell
Kieran Campbell is a former Irish scrumhalf who currently plays for Connacht in the Magners League. Born in Hillingdon to an Irish father and Sri Lankan mother he was a key player for Gunnersbury Catholic School and helped them reach the last eight of the Daily Mail school's cup and to win the...

989 vs Japan 12/06/2005
Kieran Lewis
Kieran Lewis
Kieran Lewis born 10 June 1980 is a Rugby player for Lansdowne Football Club. He previously played for both Munster and Leinster. He plays as a Centre.-External links:*...

990 vs Japan 19/06/2005
Rory Best
Rory Best
Rory Best from Poyntzpass is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays at the position of Hooker for Ulster and is registered for Banbridge RFC.-Club/Provincial:...

991 vs NZ 12/11/2005
Neil Best
Neil Best
Neil Best is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Worcester Warriors and the Irish national team....

992 vs NZ 12/11/2005
Andrew Trimble
Andrew Trimble
Andrew Trimble is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.- Club career :He attended Coleraine Academical Institution, where he competed in the Ulster Schools Cup....

993 vs Australia 19/11/2005
Jerry Flannery
Jerry Flannery
Jeremiah Paul "Jerry" Flannery is an Irish rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Munster and Ireland.-Early career:...

994 vs Romania 26/11/2005
Eoin Reddan
Eoin Reddan
Eoin Reddan is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half. He attended school at Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick....

995 vs France 11/02/2006
Bryan Young
Bryan Young (rugby player)
Bryan Young is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster.Young is from Ballymena, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. The middle of three children his elder brother Robert is the current captain of the Ballymena RFC XV, whilst his younger sister is studying at Queens University, Belfast.A...

996 vs New Zealand 17/06/2006
Isaac Boss
Isaac Boss
Isaac Boss is a New Zealand–born Irish rugby union footballer. His grandmother was born in Glenarm, County Antrim, thereby qualifying him to play for Ireland. He plays scrum-half or fullback for Leinster and the Ireland national team...

997 vs New Zealand 17/06/2006
Paddy Wallace
Paddy Wallace
Paddy Wallace is an Irish rugby union footballer from Belfast where he attended Rockport School and Campbell College. He plays for Ulster. He was a member of the Ireland U19 side that lifted the U19 World Cup in 1998...

998 vs South Africa 11/11/2006
Luke Fitzgerald
Luke Fitzgerald
Luke Matthew Fitzgerald is a Rugby Union footballer. He currently plays at winger or centre for Leinster. Having previously studied at Blackrock College he won two Leinster Schools Senior Cups, in 2004 and 2006. He won his first cap for Ireland in November 2006...

999 vs Pacific Islands 26/11/2006
Jamie Heaslip
Jamie Heaslip
James Peter Richard "Jamie" Heaslip is a Leinster & Irish rugby union player.- Early life :Heaslip was born in Tiberias, Israel, while his father, retired Brigadier General Richard Heaslip, was there on duty with UNIFIL. He attended Newbridge College before starring at the 2004 U-21 World Cup in...

1000 vs Pacific Islands 26/11/2006

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Name Number Date of Début
Stephen Ferris
Stephen Ferris (rugby player)
Stephen Ferris is a rugby union player for Ulster and Ireland. Ferris plays his club rugby with Dungannon. He is from Maghaberry and attended Friends School Lisburn...

1001 vs Pacific Islands 26/11/2006
Brian Carney 1002 vs Argentina 26/05/2007
Tony Buckley
Tony Buckley
Tony "Mushy" Buckley is an Irish rugby union player from Newmarket, County Cork, who plays tighthead prop for Sale in the Aviva Premiership and for Ireland. He is currently one of the heaviest men playing professional rugby, weighing in at 21 st 5 lbs or 135 kilograms. He wears size 16 boots...

vs Argentina 26/05/2007
Tomás O'Leary
Tomás O'Leary
Tomás O'Leary is an Irish Rugby Union player, playing in the scrum half position for Munster and Dolphin RFC. The son of Cork hurler, Seánie O'Leary, Tomás played Gaelic football and hurling before committing to Rugby....

vs Argentina 26/05/2007
Rob Kearney
Rob Kearney
Robert Kearney , also referred to as Rob Kearney, is an Irish rugby union footballer who currently plays for UCD, Leinster and Ireland. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship...

vs Argentina 02/06/2007
Barry Murphy
Barry Murphy (rugby player)
Barry Murphy is an Irish rugby union footballer. He played for Munster in the Magners League and the Heineken Cup. He was a part of the Munster squad which won the Heineken Cup in 2006. He burst onto the scene in January 2006 when he put in a man of the match performance against the Sale Sharks in...

vs Argentina 02/06/2007
Shane Jennings
Shane Jennings
Shane Jennings born 8 July 1981 in Dublin, Ireland is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.He is also registered to St...

vs Argentina 02/06/07
Keith Earls
Keith Earls
Keith Earls is an Irish rugby union footballer for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Internationally, Earls plays for Ireland, and he represented the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa. He plays as an Outside Centre, Winger or Fullback. He won a Munster...

1008 vs Canada 08/11/08
Donnacha Ryan
Donnacha Ryan
Donnacha Ryan is a rugby union player for Munster in the Magners League. He went to school in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he was a key member of the side that won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2002...

1009 vs Argentina 22/11/08
Tom Court
Tom Court
Tom Court is a rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster as a tighthead and loosehead prop. He primarily played at tighthead in his early career but switched to loosehead in the 2007/2008 season when BJ Botha arrived at Ulster....

1010 vs Italy 15/02/09
Ryan Caldwell
Ryan Caldwell
Ryan Caldwell is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Bath after signing from Ulster in the Summer of 2011. Caldwell joined Ulster on a development contract in 2003 following a successful spell in the province's academy...

vs Canada 23/05/09
Darren Cave
Darren Cave
Darren Cave is a professional rugby union player who currently plays for Ulster Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12. Cave attended Sullivan Upper School. His club is Belfast Harlequins who play in AIB League Division 2.Cave plays as a centre, in which position he was selected for the Ireland squad which...

vs Canada 23/05/09
Ian Dowling
Ian Dowling
Ian Dowling was an Irish international Rugby player . He played underage and junior club rugby with Kilkenny RFC and Leinster Senior Cup schools rugby with CBS Kilkenny. He won an AIB League medal with Shannon RFC before joining Munster, with whom he has won two European Rugby Cups both in Cardiff...

vs Canada 23/05/09
Ian Keatley
Ian Keatley
Ian James T. Keatley is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. He was capped by Ireland on their 2009 tour to North America when he lined out against Canada on 23 May 2009....

vs Canada 23/05/09
John Muldoon vs Canada 23/05/09
Niall Ronan
Niall Ronan
Niall Ronan is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays as a flanker.Ronan grew up playing Gaelic football and represented Meath GAA in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He won the Senior Schools Leinster Championships in 2000 with St. Mary's, Drogheda...

vs Canada 23/05/09
Mike Ross vs Canada 23/05/09
Ian Whitten
Ian Whitten
Ian Whitten is an Irish rugby union player for Ulster in the RaboDirect Pro12. He was capped by Ireland on their 2009 tour to North America when he lined out against Canada on 23 May 2009.He plays as a centre....

vs Canada 23/05/09
Denis Hurley
Denis Hurley (rugby player)
Denis Hurley is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup. He plays as a Fullback and Wing.-Munster:...

1019 vs USA 31/05/09
Cian Healy
Cian Healy
Cian Healy born 7 October 1987 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Leinster and for the Ireland national team. He is registered to Clontarf RFC who play in AIB League Division 1...

1020 vs Australia 15/11/09
Jonathan Sexton
Jonathan Sexton
Jonathan Sexton , is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup. Sexton is a nephew of former Garryowen, Munster and Ireland rugby player Willie Sexton.Sexton is registered to St...

vs Fiji 21/11/09
Sean Cronin
Sean Cronin (rugby union)
Sean Cronin is an Irish player for Leinster in the Celtic League. Cronin was educated at Ardscoil Ris in Limerick and has previously played with Shannon RFC and Munster Rugby where he had progressed through their academy to a development contract...

vs Fiji 21/11/09
Sean O'Brien
Sean O'Brien (rugby player)
Sean Kevin O'Brien is an Irish professional rugby union player from Carlow, Ireland. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and club rugby for Clontarf RFC....

vs Fiji 21/11/09
Kevin McLaughlin
Kevin McLaughlin (rugby player)
Kevin McLaughlin is a professional rugby union player from Ireland. He attended the primary school Kildare Place National School and was educated at secondary level at Gonzaga College....

1024 vs Italy 6/02/10
John Fogarty
John Fogarty (rugby union)
John Fogarty was an Irish rugby union footballer who played hooker for Irish club Leinster Rugby and Ireland A.He was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2010 tour of New Zealand and Australia and earned his first test cap as a sub in the 75th minute against the All Blacks on 10 June...

vs New Zealand 12/06/10
Dan Tuohy
Dan Tuohy
Dan Tuohy is an Ireland international rugby union player, currently playing for Ulster Rugby. He plays as a lock.-Career:Tuohy started rugby on the wing for Weston-super-Mare R.F.C...

vs New Zealand 12/06/10
Chris Henry
Chris Henry (rugby player)
Chris Henry in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster and Ballymena Rugby Club.He was educated at the Wallace High School in Lisburn before going to Queen's University Belfast....

vs Australia 26/06/10
Rhys Ruddock
Rhys Ruddock
Rhys Ruddock is a professional rugby union player. He currently plays for St Mary's College RFC and Leinster Rugby. He plays in the backrow, at 6 or 8. In the 2009/2010 season, he captained the Irish U20s to winning the Six Nations Championship.Rhys is the son of former and Leinster coach Mike...

vs Australia 26/06/10
Damien Varley
Damien Varley
Damien Varley is a rugby union player for Munster. He plays as a Hooker. Varley was educated in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he scored two tries as Munchin's won the Munster Schools Senior Cup final in 2002. He studied at the University of Limerick...

vs Australia 26/06/10
Devin Toner
Devin Toner
Devin Toner is a professional rugby player. Educated at Castleknock College, Dublin, he plays in the second-row for Ireland and the Irish province Leinster...

1030 vs Samoa 13/11/10
Fergus McFadden
Fergus McFadden
Fergus McFadden from Kilkenny is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is currently contracted to Leinster and the Irish rugby union. He plays club rugby for his university club UCD RFC.-Early career:...

1031 vs Italy 05/02/11
Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy (rugby union)
Michael "Mike" McCarthy is a professional rugby union player. He plays provincial rugby for Connacht. He can play as a second row or flanker.-Career:...

1032 vs Scotland 06/08/11
Felix Jones
Felix Jones (rugby union)
Felix Jones is a Dublin-born Irish international rugby union player, currently contracted to Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12. He signed for Munster in 2009 having previously been a member of the Leinster Academy...

1033 vs Scotland 06/08/11
Conor Murray
Conor Murray
Conor Murray is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Murray attended St.Munchins secondary school and was part of the same Munster Senior Cup squad as current Munster and Ireland colleague Keith Earls...

1034 vs France 14/08/11
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