Ireland Rugby World Cup Team

Ireland compete annually in the Six Nations Championship and in the Rugby World Cup where they have been eliminated at the quarter-final stage in all but one competition.

Historically, Ireland have been the weakest of the rugby union of the home nations, with just a single Grand Slam to their name and a regular recipient of the wooden spoon in the Six Nations.

Ireland are in contention to be regarded as the best team in Europe at present, along with France.

After their 2006 match against Australia, Ireland climbed to third in the world on the IRB World Rankings. Despite remaining unbeaten in the end of year Tests, they dropped to fifth in the world rankings, before rising to fourth after their opening 2007 Six Nations victory over Wales. They recently won the 2007 Triple Crown trophy narrowly beating Scotland in Murrayfield, and lost the 2007 Six Nations Championship to France.

Ireland are ranked 5th in the world.

Ireland Rugby World Cup Betting Information

Ireland have reached the quarter- final stage in four of the five world cups but not won any of them.

They have been beaten in the quarter- finals by Australia twice and France twice.

They have played Australia four times in the world cup and not beaten them, but they have lost twice by a single point.

Irish Rugby World Cup Squad

T Bowe G D’Arcy S Hogan
D Humphreys G Murphy B O’Driscoll
R O’Gara E Reddan P Stringer
A Trimble R Best S Best
S Easterby J Flannery J Hayes
M Horan D Leamy D O’Callaghan
P O’Connell J O’Connor M O’Kelly
D Wallace    

Rugby World Cup Pool D - Ireland Matches


Date Team A Team B Venue
2007-09-07
21:00
France Argentina Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Tony Spreadbury
2007-09-09
20:00
Ireland Namibia Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Referee: Joël Jutge
2007-09-11
20:00
Argentina Georgia Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Referee: Nigel Owens
2007-09-15
21:00
Ireland Georgia Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Referee: Wayne Barnes
2007-09-16
21:00
France Namibia Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
Referee: Alain Rolland
2007-09-21
20:00
France Ireland Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Chris White
2007-09-22
21:00
Argentina Namibia Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
2007-09-26
18:00
Georgia Namibia Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Referee: Steve Walsh
2007-09-30
15:00
France Georgia Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Referee: Alan Lewis
2007-09-30
17:00
Ireland Argentina Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Paul Honiss