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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.

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. [1]

Career

Most caps

Ten current or retired members of the Ireland team have earned 100 or more test caps. Ireland's all-time caps leader is Brian O'Driscoll with 133. The active player with the most caps is Cian Healy with 129 caps, followed by Conor Murray with 116 caps. [2]

These figures do not include caps for the Lions. When those are included, O'Driscoll has 141 international caps, O'Gara has 130, and Conor Murray and Sexton have both 124 caps. [3]

# Player Career Span Caps Tries Pts
1 Brian O'Driscoll 1999–2014 133 46 245
2 Cian Healy 2009– 129 12 60
3 Ronan O'Gara 2000–2013 128 16 1083
4 Rory Best 2005–2019 124 12 60
5 Johnny Sexton 2009–2023 118 18 1108
6 Conor Murray 2011– 116 16 105
7 Paul O'Connell 2002–2015 108 8 40
8 John Hayes 2000–2011 105 2 10
Peter O'Mahony 2012– 105 5 25
10 Keith Earls 2008–2023 101 36 180

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most tries

Ireland's record try scorer is Brian O'Driscoll, who notched 46 career tries, [4] which ranks him eighth in international tries.

# Player Career Span Tries Caps Ave.
1 Brian O'Driscoll 1999–2014 46 133 0.35
2 Keith Earls 2008–2023 36 101 0.36
3 Tommy Bowe 2004–2017 30 69 0.43
4 Denis Hickie 1997–2007 29 62 0.47
5 Shane Horgan 2000–2009 21 65 0.32
6 Girvan Dempsey 1998–2008 19 82 0.23
Jacob Stockdale 2017– 19 37 0.51
8 Geordan Murphy 2000–2011 18 72 0.25
Johnny Sexton 2009–2023 18 118 0.15
10 Brendan Mullin 1984–1995 17 55 0.31
Andrew Trimble 2005–2017 17 69 0.25

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most points

Johnny Sexton holds the Ireland record for test points with 1,101, [5] placing him fourth all-time in international rugby union. Johnny Sexton is the highest points scorers in the Six Nations with 566 points, followed by Ronan O'Gara with 557. [6] [7]

# Player Career span Points Caps Tries Con. Pen. DG Ave.
1 Johnny Sexton 2009–2023 1,108 118 18 182 214 4 9.39
2 Ronan O'Gara 2000–2013 1,083 128 16 176 202 15 8.46
3 David Humphreys 1996–2005 560 72 6 88 110 8 7.78
4 Michael Kiernan 1982–1991 308 43 6 40 62 6 7.16
5 Eric Elwood 1993–1999 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 1976–1984 217 22 1 15 54 7 9.86
8 Paddy Jackson 2013–2017 195 25 2 46 30 1 7.8
9 Keith Earls 2008–2023 180 101 36 0 0 0 1.78
10 Joey Carbery 2016– 164 37 2 56 14 0 4.43

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most matches as captain

Brian O'Driscoll is third on the all-time list for test matches as captain. He has captained Ireland 83 times and the Lions once. [8]

# Player Span Captaincies Caps Wins Win %
1 Brian O'Driscoll 2002–2012 83 133 52 62.65%
2 Rory Best 2009–2019 38 124 24 63.16%
3 Keith Wood 1996–2003 36 58 15 41.67%
4 Johnny Sexton 2019–2023 30 118 25 83.33%
5 Paul O'Connell 2004–2015 28 108 18 64.29%
6 Tom Kiernan 1963–1973 24 54 16 66.67%
7 Ciarán Fitzgerald 1982–1986 19 25 9 47.37%
8 Dónal Lenihan 1986–1990 17 52 8 47.06%
Fergus Slattery 1979–1981 17 61 5 29.41%
10 Michael Bradley 1992–1995 15 40 5 33.33%
William Crawford 1924–1927 15 30 11 73.33%
Karl Mullen 1947–1952 15 25 10 66.67%

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2] [9]

Single match

Most points in a match

# Player Pos Pts Tries Con Pen DG Result Opposition Date
1 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 32 2 2 5 1 40–14   Samoa 20 June 2003
2 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 30 0 6 6 0 60–13   Italy 4 March 2000
3 David Humphreys Fly-half 26 1 3 5 0 36–6   Scotland 16 February 2003
David Humphreys Fly-half 26 1 6 3 0 61–6   Italy 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   Italy 4 January 1997
David Humphreys Fly-half 24 0 0 7 1 24–28   Argentina 20 October 1999
Johnny Sexton Fly-half 24 2 7 0 0 82–8   Romania 9 September 2023
9 Ralph Keyes Fly-half 23 0 4 5 0 55–11   Zimbabwe 6 October 1991
Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 23 0 10 1 0 78–9   Japan 11 November 2000

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most tries in a match

Tries Player Position Result Opposition Date
4 Brian Robinson Number 8 55–11   Zimbabwe 6 October 1991
Keith Wood Hooker 53–8   United States 2 October 1999
Denis Hickie Wing 61–6   Italy 30 August 2003
Rónan Kelleher Hooker 71–10   United States 10 July 2021
3 (Several players tied)

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Player age

Youngest players

# Player Age DOB Debut Opposition
1 Frank Hewitt 17 years 157 days 3 October 1906 8 March 1924   Wales
2 John Quirke 17 years 229 days 26 June 1944 10 February 1962   England
3 George McAllan 18 years 13 days 2 February 1878 15 February 1896   Scotland
4 Edmund Forrest 18 years 57 days 5 October 1870 1 December 1888 New Zealand N.Z. Natives
5 Aidan Bailey 18 years 68 days 1 January 1916 10 March 1934   Wales
6 George Stephenson 18 years 103 days 22 December 1901 3 April 1920   France
7 Dave Hewitt 18 years 131 days 9 September 1939 18 January 1958   Australia
8 Frederick Harvey 18 years 189 days 1 September 1888 9 March 1907   Wales
9 Dickie Lloyd 18 years 192 days 4 August 1891 12 February 1910   England
10 Jasper Brett 18 years 218 days 8 August 1895 14 March 1914   Wales

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Oldest players

# Player Age DOB Last Match Opposition
1 Johnny Sexton 38 years 92 days 11 July 1985 14 October 2023   New Zealand
2 John Hayes 37 years 277 days 2 November 1973 6 August 2011   Scotland
3 Rory Best 37 years 65 days 15 August 1982 19 October 2019   New Zealand
4 Mike Gibson 36 years 195 days 3 December 1942 16 June 1979   Australia
5 Mike Ross 36 years 187 days 21 December 1979 25 June 2016   South Africa
6 Phil Orr 36 years 175 days 14 December 1950 7 June 1987   Australia
7 Cian Healy 36 years 168 days 7 October 1987 16 March 2024   England
8 Peter Clohessy 36 years 15 days 22 March 1966 6 April 2002   France
9 Paul O'Connell 35 years 356 days 20 October 1979 12 October 2015   France
10 Ronan O'Gara 35 years 354 days 7 March 1977 24 February 2013   Scotland

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Team margins

Biggest winning margin

Margin Date Game Ground
80 10 June 2000   United States 3–83   Ireland Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire, US
74 9 September 2023   Ireland 82–8   Romania Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
70 14 November 1998   Ireland 70–0   Georgia Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
69 11 November 2000   Ireland 78–9   Japan Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
61 10 July 2021   Ireland 71–10   United States Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
60 1 November 1986   Ireland 60–0   Romania Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
57 19 October 2003   Ireland 64–7   Namibia Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia
55 6 November 2021   Ireland 60–5   Japan Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
8 November 2008   Ireland 55–0   Canada Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
30 August 2003   Ireland 61–6   Italy Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Biggest losing margin

Margin Date Game Ground
60 23 June 2012   New Zealand 60–0   Ireland Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand
53 6 June 1992   New Zealand 59–6   Ireland Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand
48 15 November 1997   Ireland 15–63   New Zealand Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
42 24 August 2019   England 57–15   Ireland Twickenham, London, England
40 15 February 1997   Ireland 6–46   England Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
39 6 April 2002   France 44–5   Ireland Stade de France, Paris, France
38 12 June 2010   New Zealand 66–28   Ireland Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand
12 November 2005   Ireland 7–45   New Zealand Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
30 November 1912   Ireland 0–38   South Africa Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
36 30 March 2003   Ireland 6–42   England Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Thomas Gordon Profile". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Statistics". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ "International Matches Record List". stats.espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Ireland Squad | Profiles : Irish Rugby". Irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. ^ "ESPNScrum Stasguru Overall Points Record". espnscrum.com. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ^ "IRELAND". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Six Nations: Total Points Scored". stats.espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Statsguru / Player analysis / Brian O'Driscoll / Test matches (filter: as captain)". Scrum.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Poll: Who is the greatest Irish rugby captain of all time?". JOE. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_Ireland_national_rugby_union_team_records&oldid=1214238664"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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. [1]

Career

Most caps

Ten current or retired members of the Ireland team have earned 100 or more test caps. Ireland's all-time caps leader is Brian O'Driscoll with 133. The active player with the most caps is Cian Healy with 129 caps, followed by Conor Murray with 116 caps. [2]

These figures do not include caps for the Lions. When those are included, O'Driscoll has 141 international caps, O'Gara has 130, and Conor Murray and Sexton have both 124 caps. [3]

# Player Career Span Caps Tries Pts
1 Brian O'Driscoll 1999–2014 133 46 245
2 Cian Healy 2009– 129 12 60
3 Ronan O'Gara 2000–2013 128 16 1083
4 Rory Best 2005–2019 124 12 60
5 Johnny Sexton 2009–2023 118 18 1108
6 Conor Murray 2011– 116 16 105
7 Paul O'Connell 2002–2015 108 8 40
8 John Hayes 2000–2011 105 2 10
Peter O'Mahony 2012– 105 5 25
10 Keith Earls 2008–2023 101 36 180

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most tries

Ireland's record try scorer is Brian O'Driscoll, who notched 46 career tries, [4] which ranks him eighth in international tries.

# Player Career Span Tries Caps Ave.
1 Brian O'Driscoll 1999–2014 46 133 0.35
2 Keith Earls 2008–2023 36 101 0.36
3 Tommy Bowe 2004–2017 30 69 0.43
4 Denis Hickie 1997–2007 29 62 0.47
5 Shane Horgan 2000–2009 21 65 0.32
6 Girvan Dempsey 1998–2008 19 82 0.23
Jacob Stockdale 2017– 19 37 0.51
8 Geordan Murphy 2000–2011 18 72 0.25
Johnny Sexton 2009–2023 18 118 0.15
10 Brendan Mullin 1984–1995 17 55 0.31
Andrew Trimble 2005–2017 17 69 0.25

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most points

Johnny Sexton holds the Ireland record for test points with 1,101, [5] placing him fourth all-time in international rugby union. Johnny Sexton is the highest points scorers in the Six Nations with 566 points, followed by Ronan O'Gara with 557. [6] [7]

# Player Career span Points Caps Tries Con. Pen. DG Ave.
1 Johnny Sexton 2009–2023 1,108 118 18 182 214 4 9.39
2 Ronan O'Gara 2000–2013 1,083 128 16 176 202 15 8.46
3 David Humphreys 1996–2005 560 72 6 88 110 8 7.78
4 Michael Kiernan 1982–1991 308 43 6 40 62 6 7.16
5 Eric Elwood 1993–1999 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 1976–1984 217 22 1 15 54 7 9.86
8 Paddy Jackson 2013–2017 195 25 2 46 30 1 7.8
9 Keith Earls 2008–2023 180 101 36 0 0 0 1.78
10 Joey Carbery 2016– 164 37 2 56 14 0 4.43

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most matches as captain

Brian O'Driscoll is third on the all-time list for test matches as captain. He has captained Ireland 83 times and the Lions once. [8]

# Player Span Captaincies Caps Wins Win %
1 Brian O'Driscoll 2002–2012 83 133 52 62.65%
2 Rory Best 2009–2019 38 124 24 63.16%
3 Keith Wood 1996–2003 36 58 15 41.67%
4 Johnny Sexton 2019–2023 30 118 25 83.33%
5 Paul O'Connell 2004–2015 28 108 18 64.29%
6 Tom Kiernan 1963–1973 24 54 16 66.67%
7 Ciarán Fitzgerald 1982–1986 19 25 9 47.37%
8 Dónal Lenihan 1986–1990 17 52 8 47.06%
Fergus Slattery 1979–1981 17 61 5 29.41%
10 Michael Bradley 1992–1995 15 40 5 33.33%
William Crawford 1924–1927 15 30 11 73.33%
Karl Mullen 1947–1952 15 25 10 66.67%

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2] [9]

Single match

Most points in a match

# Player Pos Pts Tries Con Pen DG Result Opposition Date
1 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 32 2 2 5 1 40–14   Samoa 20 June 2003
2 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 30 0 6 6 0 60–13   Italy 4 March 2000
3 David Humphreys Fly-half 26 1 3 5 0 36–6   Scotland 16 February 2003
David Humphreys Fly-half 26 1 6 3 0 61–6   Italy 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   Italy 4 January 1997
David Humphreys Fly-half 24 0 0 7 1 24–28   Argentina 20 October 1999
Johnny Sexton Fly-half 24 2 7 0 0 82–8   Romania 9 September 2023
9 Ralph Keyes Fly-half 23 0 4 5 0 55–11   Zimbabwe 6 October 1991
Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 23 0 10 1 0 78–9   Japan 11 November 2000

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Most tries in a match

Tries Player Position Result Opposition Date
4 Brian Robinson Number 8 55–11   Zimbabwe 6 October 1991
Keith Wood Hooker 53–8   United States 2 October 1999
Denis Hickie Wing 61–6   Italy 30 August 2003
Rónan Kelleher Hooker 71–10   United States 10 July 2021
3 (Several players tied)

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Player age

Youngest players

# Player Age DOB Debut Opposition
1 Frank Hewitt 17 years 157 days 3 October 1906 8 March 1924   Wales
2 John Quirke 17 years 229 days 26 June 1944 10 February 1962   England
3 George McAllan 18 years 13 days 2 February 1878 15 February 1896   Scotland
4 Edmund Forrest 18 years 57 days 5 October 1870 1 December 1888 New Zealand N.Z. Natives
5 Aidan Bailey 18 years 68 days 1 January 1916 10 March 1934   Wales
6 George Stephenson 18 years 103 days 22 December 1901 3 April 1920   France
7 Dave Hewitt 18 years 131 days 9 September 1939 18 January 1958   Australia
8 Frederick Harvey 18 years 189 days 1 September 1888 9 March 1907   Wales
9 Dickie Lloyd 18 years 192 days 4 August 1891 12 February 1910   England
10 Jasper Brett 18 years 218 days 8 August 1895 14 March 1914   Wales

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Oldest players

# Player Age DOB Last Match Opposition
1 Johnny Sexton 38 years 92 days 11 July 1985 14 October 2023   New Zealand
2 John Hayes 37 years 277 days 2 November 1973 6 August 2011   Scotland
3 Rory Best 37 years 65 days 15 August 1982 19 October 2019   New Zealand
4 Mike Gibson 36 years 195 days 3 December 1942 16 June 1979   Australia
5 Mike Ross 36 years 187 days 21 December 1979 25 June 2016   South Africa
6 Phil Orr 36 years 175 days 14 December 1950 7 June 1987   Australia
7 Cian Healy 36 years 168 days 7 October 1987 16 March 2024   England
8 Peter Clohessy 36 years 15 days 22 March 1966 6 April 2002   France
9 Paul O'Connell 35 years 356 days 20 October 1979 12 October 2015   France
10 Ronan O'Gara 35 years 354 days 7 March 1977 24 February 2013   Scotland

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Team margins

Biggest winning margin

Margin Date Game Ground
80 10 June 2000   United States 3–83   Ireland Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire, US
74 9 September 2023   Ireland 82–8   Romania Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
70 14 November 1998   Ireland 70–0   Georgia Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
69 11 November 2000   Ireland 78–9   Japan Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
61 10 July 2021   Ireland 71–10   United States Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
60 1 November 1986   Ireland 60–0   Romania Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
57 19 October 2003   Ireland 64–7   Namibia Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia
55 6 November 2021   Ireland 60–5   Japan Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
8 November 2008   Ireland 55–0   Canada Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
30 August 2003   Ireland 61–6   Italy Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

Biggest losing margin

Margin Date Game Ground
60 23 June 2012   New Zealand 60–0   Ireland Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand
53 6 June 1992   New Zealand 59–6   Ireland Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand
48 15 November 1997   Ireland 15–63   New Zealand Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
42 24 August 2019   England 57–15   Ireland Twickenham, London, England
40 15 February 1997   Ireland 6–46   England Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
39 6 April 2002   France 44–5   Ireland Stade de France, Paris, France
38 12 June 2010   New Zealand 66–28   Ireland Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand
12 November 2005   Ireland 7–45   New Zealand Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
30 November 1912   Ireland 0–38   South Africa Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
36 30 March 2003   Ireland 6–42   England Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Last updated: Ireland vs Scotland, 16 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Thomas Gordon Profile". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Statistics". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ "International Matches Record List". stats.espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Ireland Squad | Profiles : Irish Rugby". Irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. ^ "ESPNScrum Stasguru Overall Points Record". espnscrum.com. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ^ "IRELAND". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Six Nations: Total Points Scored". stats.espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Statsguru / Player analysis / Brian O'Driscoll / Test matches (filter: as captain)". Scrum.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Poll: Who is the greatest Irish rugby captain of all time?". JOE. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_Ireland_national_rugby_union_team_records&oldid=1214238664"

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