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- Career Most caps Most tries Most points Most matches as captain
- Single match Most points in a match Most tries in a match
- Player age Youngest players Oldest players
- Team margins Biggest winning margin Biggest losing margin
- References
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in international rugby union and plays in the Six Nations Championship and Rugby World Cup. - Of the players known to have earned 80 or more Test caps, ten are current or retired members of the Ireland team. Four of these players have also crossed the 100-cap mark for Ireland. Ireland's all-time caps leader is Brian O'Driscoll with 133. The second most-capped player is Ronan O'Gara with 128. Ireland's third most capped player is current captain Rory Best, with 117. Paul O'Connell has 108 caps. John Hayes, won 105 caps before retiring from rugby in December 2011. Following him are Peter Stringer, who has won 98 caps, and Jamie Heaslip, who has won 95 caps. Donncha O'Callaghan won 94 caps in his Ireland career, whilst Malcolm O'Kelly won 92 caps. Rob Kearney has currently 90 caps.[1]
- These figures do not include caps for the Lions. When those are included, O'Driscoll has a total of 14 international caps. O'Gara has 130, O'Connell has 113, Hayes has 107, Heaslip has 100, and O'Callaghan has 98.[2]
- O'Gara holds the Ireland record for Test points with 1,083,[3] placing him fourth all-time in international rugby union and making him one of only five players to have reached the 1,000 points mark. Jonathan Sexton (761), David Humphreys (560), Michael Kiernan (308) and Eric Elwood (296) complete the top 5 Irish points scorers.
- O'Gara is also the highest points scorer in the Six Nations with 557 points. Jonny Wilkinson is second with 546, and Stephen Jones is third with 467.[4]
- Ireland's record try scorer is O'Driscoll, who has 46 tries in his 133 appearances.[5] Tommy Bowe (30), Keith Earls (30), Denis Hickie (29) and Shane Horgan (21) complete the top 5 Irish try scorers.
- O'Driscoll is also second on the all-time list for Test matches as captain. He has captained Ireland 83 times and the Lions once.[6]
- Keith Wood currently holds the world rugby union record for most International Test tries scored by a hooker, which is 15.
- Thomas Gisborne Gordon, who played for Ireland between 1877–78, is the only one handed player to have competed in international rugby of either code.[7]
CareerMost caps# | Player | Career Span | Caps | Tries | Pts |
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1 | Brian O'Driscoll | 1999–2014 | 133 | 46 | 245 | 2 | Ronan O'Gara | 2000–13 | 128 | 16 | 1083 | 3 | Rory Best | 2005– | 117 | 10 | 50 | 4 | Paul O'Connell | 2002–15 | 108 | 8 | 40 | 5 | John Hayes | 2000–11 | 105 | 2 | 10 | 6 | Peter Stringer | 2000–11 | 98 | 6 | 30 | 7 | Jamie Heaslip | 2006–17 | 95 | 13 | 65 | 8 | Donncha O'Callaghan | 2003–13 | 94 | 1 | 5 | 9 | Malcolm O'Kelly | 1997–2009 | 92 | 8 | 40 | 10 | Rob Kearney | 2007- | 90 | 13 | 67 | Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Most tries# | Player | Career Span | Tries | Caps | Ave. |
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1 | Brian O'Driscoll | 1999–2014 | 46 | 133 | 0.35 | 2 | Tommy Bowe | 2004–17 | 30 | 69 | 0.44 | Keith Earls | 2008– | 30 | 77 | 0.39 | 4 | Denis Hickie | 1997–2007 | 29 | 62 | 0.47 | 5 | Shane Horgan | 2000–09 | 21 | 65 | 0.32 | 6 | Girvan Dempsey | 1998–2008 | 19 | 82 | 0.23 | 7 | Geordan Murphy | 2000–11 | 18 | 72 | 0.25 | 8 | Brendan Mullin | 1984–95 | 17 | 55 | 0.31 | Andrew Trimble | 2005-17 | 17 | 69 | 0.25 | 10 | Ronan O'Gara | 2000–13 | 16 | 128 | 0.13 | Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Most points# | Player | Career span | Points | Caps | Tries | Con. | Pen. | DG | Ave. |
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1 | Ronan O'Gara | 2000–13 | 1083 | 128 | 16 | 176 | 202 | 15 | 8.46 | 2 | Jonathan Sexton | 2009- | 761 | 83 | 10 | 99 | 167 | 4 | 9.17 | 3 | David Humphreys | 1996–2005 | 560 | 72 | 6 | 88 | 110 | 8 | 7.78 | 4 | Michael Kiernan | 1982–91 | 308 | 43 | 6 | 40 | 62 | 6 | 7.16 | 5 | Eric Elwood | 1993–99 | 296 | 35 | 0 | 43 | 68 | 2 | 8.46 | 6 | Brian O'Driscoll | 1999–2014 | 245 | 133 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.84 | 7 | Ollie Campbell | 1976–84 | 217 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 54 | 7 | 9.86 | 8 | Paddy Jackson | 2013-17 | 166 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 7.90 | 9 | Tom Kiernan | 1960–73 | 158 | 54 | 2 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 2.93 | 10 | Tommy Bowe | 2004–17 | 150 | 68 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.21 | Keith Earls | 2008– | 150 | 76 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 | Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Most matches as captain# | Player | Span | Captaincies | Total caps | Win % |
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1 | Brian O'Driscoll | 2002–12 | 83 | 133 | 63.25% | 2 | Keith Wood | 1996–2003 | 36 | 58 | 43.05% | 3 | Rory Best | 2009- | 31 | 117 | 69.35% | 4 | Paul O'Connell | 2004–15 | 28 | 108 | 62.50% | 5 | Tom Kiernan | 1963–73 | 24 | 54 | 66.66% | 6 | Ciaran Fitzgerald | 1982–86 | 19 | 25 | 50.00% | 7 | Donal Lenihan | 1986–90 | 17 | 52 | 47.05% | Fergus Slattery | 1979–81 | 17 | 61 | 35.29% | 9 | Michael Bradley | 1992–1995 | 15 | 40 | 36.66% | William Crawford | 1924–27 | 15 | 30 | 70.00% | Karl Mullen | 1947-52 | 15 | 25 | 73.33% | |
Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Single matchMost points in a match# | Player | Pos|Position | Pts | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Result | Opposition | Date |
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1 | Ronan O'Gara | Fly-half | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 40–14 | SAM}} | 20 June 2003 | 2 | Ronan O'Gara | Fly-half | 30 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 60–13 | ITA}} | 4 March 2000 | 3 | David Humphreys | Fly-half | 26 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 36–6 | SCO}} | 16 February 2003 | David Humphreys | Fly-half | 26 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 61–6 | ITA}} | 30 August 2003 | Paddy Wallace | Fly-half | 26 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 61–17 | Pacific Islanders | 26 November 2006 | 6 | Paul Burke | Fly-half | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29–37 | ITA}} | 4 January 1997 | David Humphreys | Fly-half | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 24–28 | ARG}} | 20 October 1999 | 8 | Ralph Keyes | Fly-half | 23 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 55–11 | ZIM}} | 6 October 1991 | Ronan O'Gara | Fly-half | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 78–9 | JPN}} | 11 November 2000 | 10 | David Humphreys | Fly-half | 22 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 54–10 | WAL}} | 3 February 2002 | Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Most tries in a matchTries | Player | Position | Result | Opposition | Date |
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4 | Brian Robinson | Number 8 | 55–11 | ZIM}} | 6 October 1991 | Keith Wood | Hooker | 53–8 | USA}} | 2 October 1999 | Denis Hickie | Wing | 610–6 | ITA}} | 30 August 2003 | 3 | Robert Montgomery | Three Quarters | 0G-1G | WAL}} | 12 March 1887 | Joseph Quinn | Wing | 24–0 | FRA}} | 24 March 1913 | Eugene Davy | Wing | 14–11 | SCO}} | 22 February 1930 | Seamus Byrne | Wing | 26–8 | SCO}} | 28 February 1953 | Keith Crossan | Wing | 60–0 | ROM}} | 1 November 1986 | Brendan Mullin | Centre | 32–9 | TGA}} | 3 June 1987 | Matt Mostyn | Wing | 32–24 | ARG}} | 28 August 1999 | Brian O'Driscoll | Centre | 27–25 | FRA}} | 19 March 2000 | Mike Mullins | Centre | 83–3 | USA}} | 10 June 2000 | Denis Hickie | Wing | 78–9 | JPN}} | 11 November 2000 | Rob Henderson | Centre | 41–22 | ITA}} | 3 February 2001 | Brian O'Driscoll | Centre | 43–22 | SCO}} | 2 March 2002 | Kevin Maggs | Centre | 64–17 | FJI}} | 17 November 2002 | Fergus McFadden | Wing | 40–14 | CAN}} | 15 June 2013 | Craig Gilroy | Wing | 63–10 | ITA}} | 11 February 2017 | CJ Stander | Flanker | 63–10 | ITA}} | 11 February 2017 | Jordan Larmour | Fullback | 54–7 | ITA}} | 3 November 2018 | Andrew Conway | Wing | 57–14 | USA}} | 24 November 2018 | Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Player ageYoungest players# | Player | Age | DOB | Debut | Opposition |
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1. | Frank Hewitt | 17 years 157 days | 3 October 1906 | 8 March 1924 | WAL}} | 2. | John Quirke | 17 years 229 days | 26 June 1944 | 10 February 1962 | ENG}} | 3. | George McAllan | 18 years 13 days | 2 February 1878 | 15 February 1896 | SCO}} | 4. | Edmund Forrest | 18 years 57 days | 5 October 1870 | 1 December 1888 | NZL}} New Zealand Natives | 5. | Aidan Bailey | 18 years 68 days | 1 January 1916 | 10 March 1934 | WAL}} | 6. | George Stephenson | 18 years 103 days | 22 December 1901 | 3 April 1920 | FRA}} | 7. | Dave Hewitt | 18 years 131 days | 9 September 1939 | 18 January 1958 | AUS}} | 8. | Frederick Harvey | 18 years 189 days | 1 September 1888 | 9 March 1907 | WAL}} | 9. | Dickie Lloyd | 18 years 192 days | 4 August 1891 | 12 February 1910 | ENG}} | 10. | Jasper Brett | 18 years 218 days | 8 August 1895 | 14 March 1914 | WAL}} | Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Oldest players# | Player | Age | DOB | Last Match | Opposition |
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1. | John|Hayes|dab=rugby union}} | 37 years 277 days | 2 November 1973 | 6 August 2011 | SCO}} | 2. | {{sortname>Rory|Best}} | 36 yrs 213 days | 15 August 1982 | 16 March 2019 | WAL}} | 3. | Mike|Gibson|dab=rugby union}} | 36 years 195 days | 3 December 1942 | 16 June 1979 | AUS}} | 4. | Mike|Ross|dab=rugby union}} | 36 years 187 days | 21 December 1979 | 25 June 2016 | South Africa}} | 5. | Phil|Orr}} | 36 years 175 days | 14 December 1950 | 7 June 1987 | AUS}} | 6. | Peter|Clohessy}} | 36 years 15 days | 22 March 1966 | 6 April 2002 | FRA}} | 7. | Paul|O'Connell}} | 35 years 356 days | 20 October 1979 | 12 October 2015 | FRA}} | 8. | Ronan|O'Gara | Ogara} | 35 years 354 days | 7 March 1977 | 24 February 2013 | SCO}} | 9. | Syd|Millar}} | 35 years 295 days | 23 May 1934 | 14 March 1970 | WAL}} | 10. | Moss|Keane}} | 35 years 220 days | 27 July 1948 | 3 March 1984 | SCO}} | |
Last updated: Wales vs Ireland, 16 March 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Team marginsBiggest winning margin Margin | Date | Game | Ground | 80 | 10 June 2000 | United States}} 3-83 {{ru|Ireland}} | Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire, US | 70 | 14 November 1998 | Ireland}} 70-0 {{ru|Georgia}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 69 | 11 November 2000 | Ireland}} 78-9 {{ru|Japan}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 60 | 1 November 1986 | Ireland}} 60-0 {{ru|Romania}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 57 | 19 October 2003 | Ireland}} 64-7 {{ru|Namibia}} | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | 55 | 8 November 2008 | Ireland}} 55-0 {{ru|Canada}} | Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland | 55 | 30 August 2003 | Ireland}} 61-6 {{ru|Italy}} | Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland | 53 | 11 February 2017 | Ireland}} 63-10 {{ru|Italy}} | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy | 50 | 25 September 2011 | Ireland}} 62-12 {{ru|Russia}} | Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua, New Zealand | 49 | 20 November 2004 | Ireland}} 55-6 {{ru|United States}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Last updated: Ireland vs England, 2 February 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]Biggest losing margin Margin | Date | Game | Ground | 60 | 23 June 2012 | New Zealand}} 60-0 {{ru|Ireland}} | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand | 53 | 6 June 1992 | New Zealand}} 59-6 {{ru|Ireland}} | Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand | 48 | 15 November 1997 | Ireland}} 15-63 {{ru|New Zealand}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 40 | 15 February 1997 | Ireland}} 6-46 {{ru|England}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 39 | 6 April 2002 | France}} 44-5 {{ru|Ireland}} | Stade de France, Paris, France | 38 | 12 June 2010 | New Zealand}} 66-28 {{ru|Ireland}} | Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand | 38 | 12 November 2005 | Ireland}} 7-45 {{ru|New Zealand}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 38 | 30 November 1912 | Ireland}} 0-38 {{ru|South Africa}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 36 | 30 March 2003 | Ireland}} 6-42 {{ru|England}} | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 36 | 12 June 1999 | Australia}} 46-10 {{ru|Ireland}} | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane, Australia | Last updated: Ireland vs England, 2 February 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web|title=Ireland Squad {{!}} Profiles : Irish Rugby|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/squads_ireland.php?includeref=dynamic&filter=yes&searchteam=&searchyear=&searchdecade=&searchinit=&order=&layout=|work=Irishrugby.ie|accessdate=12 November 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=matches;template=results;type=player|title=International Matches Record List|work=stats.espnscrum.com|accessdate=25 January 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=points;template=results;type=player |title=ESPNScrum Stasguru Overall Points Record |date=2 October 2011 |work=espnscrum.com |accessdate=2 October 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811234407/http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dpoints%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dplayer |archivedate=11 August 2011 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;orderby=points;template=results;trophy=2;type=player |title=Six Nations: Total Points Scored |work=stats.espnscrum.com |accessdate=25 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318233804/http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1%3Borderby%3Dpoints%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btrophy%3D2%3Btype%3Dplayer |archivedate=18 March 2012 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Ireland Squad {{!}} Profiles : Irish Rugby |url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/squads_ireland.php?player=4038&includeref=dynamic |work=Irishrugby.ie |accessdate=12 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112140242/http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/squads_ireland.php?player=4038&includeref=dynamic |archive-date=12 November 2014 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/13120.html?captain=1;class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match |title=Statsguru / Player analysis / Brian O'Driscoll / Test matches (filter: as captain) |work=Scrum.com |accessdate=15 February 2010}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/416.html|title=Thomas Gordon Profile|work=espnscrum.com|accessdate=25 January 2012}}
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