The Irish Rugby Football Union was founded in 1879 and holds the distinction of being one of the founding members of the International Rugby Football Board (now World Rugby) in 1886. They have appeared at every World Cup although have not yet progressed past the Quarter Final stage of the competition.
They compete in the Six Nations Championships every spring and have won the Championship outright on 14 occasions, sharing the title a further 9 times. They have captured 3 grand slam titles in 1948, 2009 & 2018.
Irish Trio extend Contracts
It's been a busy week of negotiations for the IRFU as they have announced contract extensions for three high profile members of the Irish squad with Cian Healy joining Peter O'Mahony and Johnny Sexton all signing new playing deals.
(more…)Ireland ease to victory in Rome
Ireland have beaten Italy 48-10 in Rome today to get their Six Nations campaign up and running in their third outing of this year's championship.
(more…)Farrell makes seven changes for Italians
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has made seven changes for Ireland's trip to Rome to face Italy on Saturday.
(more…)Ireland edged out by French
For the second weekend in a row Ireland came up short in a tight Six Nations encounter resulting in another narrow defeat for Andy Farrells' depleted side.
(more…)Ireland Rue Missed Chances in Wales Defeat
A moment of madness from Peter O'Mahony would prove to be the major talking point of a disappointing day for the Irish in the Principality Stadium in Cardiff for an opening day Six Nations defeat to the Welsh.
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Results
(Week 5)
32 - 18Six Nations
Aviva Stadium Ireland v England |
(Week 4)
24 - 27Six Nations
Murrayfield Stadium Scotland v Ireland |
(Week 3)
10 - 41Six Nations
Stadio Olimpico Italy v Ireland |
(Week 2)
13 - 15Six Nations
Aviva Stadium Ireland v France |
(Week 1)
21 - 16Six Nations
Principality Stadium Wales v Ireland |
Ireland Senior Team Statistcs
| Player | Position | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Keith Earls | Winger | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Cian Healy | Prop | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Robbie Henshaw | Centre | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Rob Herring | Hooker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tadhg Beirne | Lock | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Iain Henderson | Lock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tadhg Furlong | Prop | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ronan Kelleher | Hooker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Hugo Keenan | Full-Back | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Andrew Porter | Prop | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 CJ Stander | No. 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Johnny Sexton | Fly-Half | 4 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Jordan Larmour | Winger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jamison Gibson-Park | Scrum-Half | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dave Kilcoyne | Prop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Garry Ringrose | Centre | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 James Lowe | Winger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 James Ryan | Lock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Will Connors | Flanker | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Van Der Flier | Flanker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ryan Baird | Lock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Billy Burns | Fly-Half | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jack Conan | No. 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter O’Mahony | Flanker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Conor Murray | Scrum-Half | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ross Byrne | Fly-Half | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Craig Casey | Scrum-Half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys Ruddock | Flanker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Stockdale | Winger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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