Ireland Wolfhounds

Ireland Wolfhounds

Union	Irish Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	the Shamrock
Ground(s)	Donnybrook, Ravenhill, The Sportsground
Coach(es)	Dan McFarland Richie Murphy
Captain(s)	Felix Jones
1st kit 2nd kit
First match
Ireland XV  3–4  France (26 January 1946)
Largest win
Ireland XV  48–13  Japan (26 May 1985)
Largest defeat
Ireland XV  7–67  Scotland A (22 February 2008)

The Ireland Wolfhounds (formerly Ireland A) are the second national rugby union team of Ireland, behind the Ireland national team. They have previously competed in the Churchill Cup together with the England Saxons and the full national teams of Canada and the United States, as well as with a selection of other nations' 1st, 2nd and 3rd representative sides (including Scotland A and the New Zealand Maori). They also play against other 6 Nations countries' A sides during the RBS 6 Nations. Now and again they will also play touring sides. For example, they played South Africa in 2000, the All Blacks in 2001 and Australia in 2006. On the 21 June 2009, Ireland A won their first Churchill Cup, beating the England Saxons 49–22 in the final. They also won the Churchill Plate three times in 2006, 2007 and 2008. They were renamed Ireland Wolfhounds in January 2010.^[1]

Current squad

Ireland Wolfhounds 23-man match day squad to play England Saxons on 30 January 2015.^[2]

Results

1990s

• 28 December 1992: Scotland A 22-13 Ireland A
• 5 March 1993: Wales A 28-29 Ireland A
• 19 March 1993: England A 22-18 Ireland A
• 28 December 1993: Scotland A 24-9 Ireland A
• 4 February 1994: Ireland A 10-20 Wales A
• 18 February 1994: England A 29-14 Ireland A
• 20 January 1995: England A 21-20 Ireland A
• 3 February 1995: Scotland A 24-18 Ireland A
• 17 March 1995: Wales A 30-19 Ireland A
• 19 January 1996: Ireland 26-19 Scotland A
• 1 March 1996: Ireland A 25-11 Wales A
• 15 March 1996: England A 56-26 Ireland A
• 12 November 1996: Ireland A 28-25 South Africa A
• 17 January 1997: Ireland A 23-44 France A
• 31 January 1997: Ireland A 14-34 Wales A
• 14 February 1997: England A 44-30 Ireland A
• 28 February 1997: Scotland A 33-34 Ireland A
• 22 May 1997: Northland 69-16 Ireland A
• 26 May 1997: New Zealand 74-15 Ireland A
• 29 May 1997: Bay of Plenty 52-39 Ireland A
• 1 June 1997: Thames Valley 12-38 Ireland A
• 6 June 1997: King Country 32-26 Ireland A
• 10 June 1997: New Zealand Māori 41-10 Ireland A
• 14 June 1997: Samoa 57-25 Ireland A
• 26 November 1997: Canada 10-26 Ireland A
• 6 February 1998: Ireland 9-11 Scotland A
• 6 March 1998: Ireland A 30-30 France A
• 20 March 1998: Ireland A 27-42 Wales A
• 3 April 1998: England A 40-30 Ireland A
• 1 December 1998: South Africa XV 19-19 Ireland A
• 5 February 1999: France A 25-26 Ireland A
• 19 February 1999: Ireland A 29-40 Wales A
• 5 March 1999: England A 28-21 Ireland A
• 19 March 1999: Scotland A 31-21 Ireland A
• 9 April 1999: Italy A 17-73 Ireland A

2000s

• 4 February 2000: England A 30-31 Ireland A
• 18 February 2000: Ireland A 23-21 Scotland A
• 3 March 2000: Ireland A 31-3 Italy A
• 18 March 2000: France A 31-25 Ireland A
• 31 March 2000: Ireland A 28-26 Wales A
• 15 November 2000: Ireland A 28–11 South Africa XV
• 2 February 2001: Italy A 16–68 Ireland A
• 16 February 2001: Ireland A 23–55 France A
• 13 November 2001: Ireland A 30–43 New Zealand XV
• 2 February 2002: Ireland A 55–22 Wales A
• 15 February 2002: England A 18–25 Ireland A
• 1 March 2002: Ireland A 60–3 Scotland A
• 22 March 2002: Ireland A 59–5 Italy A
• 5 April 2002: France A 30–20 Ireland A
• 15 February 2003: Scotland A 22–22 Ireland A
• 21 February 2003: Italy A 11–28 Ireland A
• 7 March 2003: Ireland A 19–29 France A
• 28 March 2003: Ireland A 24–21 England A
• 11 March 2005: Ireland A 15–9 France A
• 10 February 2006: France A 20-12 Ireland A
• 17 March 2006: England A 18–33 Ireland A
• 3 June 2006: USA 13–28 Ireland A
• 10 June 2006: New Zealand Māori 27–6 Ireland A
• 17 June 2006: England Saxons 30-27 Ireland A
• 15 November 2006: Ireland A 17–24 Australia A
• 9 February 2007: Ireland A 5–32 England Saxons
• 19 May 2007: Ireland A 39–20 Canada
• 29 May 2007: Ireland A 22-50 New Zealand Māori
• 2 June 2007: Ireland A 22–21 Scotland A
• 1 February 2008: England Saxons 31–13 Ireland A
• 22 February 2008: Scotland A 67–7 Ireland A
• 11 June 2008: Ireland A 46-9 USA
• 14 June 2008: England Saxons 34–12 Ireland A
• 21 June 2008: Argentina A 8-33 Ireland A
• 6 February 2009: Ireland A P-P England Saxons
• 13 February 2009: Ireland A 35-10 Scotland A
• 10 June 2009: Canada XV 19–30 Ireland A
• 14 June 2009: Ireland A 40-5 Georgia
• 21 June 2009: England Saxons 22-49 Ireland A
• 13 November 2009: Ireland A 48–19 Tonga XV
• 27 November 2009: Ireland A 31–0 Argentina Jaguars

2010s

• 31 January 2010: England Saxons 17–13 Ireland A
• 5 February 2010: Ireland Wolfhounds 34–19 Scotland A
• 28 January 2011: Scotland A 32–12 Ireland Wolfhounds
• 4 February 2011: Ireland Wolfhounds 20–11 England Saxons
• 28 January 2012: England Saxons 23-17 Ireland Wolfhounds
• 25 January 2013: Ireland Wolfhounds 10 - 14 England Saxons
• 25 January 2014: England Saxons 8 - 14 Ireland Wolfhounds
• 30 January 2015: Ireland Wolfhounds 9 - 18 England Saxons

Honours

• Churchill Cup
  • Winners: 1 (2009)

• Churchill Plate
  • Winners: 3 (2006, 2007, 2008)

References

See also

• Ireland national rugby union team
• Emerging Ireland
• Ireland national under-20 rugby union team
• Ireland national schoolboy rugby union team

External links

• Results & Fixtures - Ireland Wolfhounds