Union | Irish Rugby Football Union | ||
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Emblem(s) | Shamrock | ||
Founded | 2013 | ||
Location | Ireland | ||
Director of Rugby | David Nucifora | ||
Coach(es) | Simon Easterby | ||
Captain(s) | Max Deegan Cian Prendergast | ||
Most caps | Ian Keatley (6 caps) Andrew Conway | ||
Top scorer | Ian Keatley (67 points) | ||
Most tries | Andrew Conway (6 tries) | ||
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First international | |||
Georgia 15–20 E. Ireland (7 June 2013) | |||
Largest win | |||
E. Ireland 66–0 Russia (13 June 2014) | |||
Largest defeat | |||
E. Ireland 8–19 South Africa XV (11 June 2013) |
Emerging Ireland is an Irish rugby union team that represents Ireland in the World Rugby Nations Cup.
The team was created to offer Tier 1 level opposition for Tier 2 sides in the IRB Tbilisi Cup, held in Tbilisi, Georgia. [1] [2] Allen Clarke, Ian Costello and Joey Miles managed the team, with Rhys Ruddock as captain. [3]
In Emerging Ireland's opening match, they faced hosts Georgia. This match was won by the Emerging side 20–15 in their first ever game. [4] In their second match, South Africa President's XV beat Emerging Ireland 19–8, [5] before Emerging Ireland beat Uruguay 42–33 on 16 June 2013 to secure a second-place finish in the tournament. [6]
The squad for the tournament was named on 19 May 2013. [7] The initial squad featured four internationally capped players; Michael Bent, Seán Cronin, Ian Keatley and Rhys Ruddock the captain. However, Cronin was called up to the senior squad on 26 May 2013, thus lowering the international players from four to three. The remaining twenty three players, had, at the time, not played for Ireland internationally or at test level.
On 1 April 2014, it was announced that Emerging Ireland would take part in the 2014 edition of the IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. Dan McFarland, Connacht assistant coach at the time, was appointed as head coach and Ulster backs coach, Neil Doak was chosen to assist him. [8]
In the first game of the cup Emerging Ireland beat Russia by a score of 66–0 at 45 minutes into the game, when it was stopped by the referee, Ian Davies, because of a storm and fears for the players safety. The match included 10 tries,3 of those from Andrew Conway. This was Emerging Ireland's largest ever win in international rugby. Dan McFarland's side beat Uruguay 51–3 in their second game to set up the last game against Romania as a title decider. This game turned out to be the closest of all their games but Emerging Ireland still ran out at 31–10 winners to secure the IRB nations cup with 3 bonus point victories. [9] [10]
Emerging Ireland won the 2015 Tbilisi Cup tournament with three from three victories, taking the Tbilisi Cup for their first ever time. [11] [12]
Simon Easterby was appointed head coach of the Emerging Ireland squad for their three fixtures against South African Currie Cup sides in Autumn 2022. [13] [14] Ireland won their first match of the tour beating the Griquas 54–7 at Toyota Stadium. [15] They won their second match of the tour with a 28–24 victory over the Pumas. [16] Emerging Ireland completed a sweep of their tour of South Africa on 9 October with a 21–14 win over the Cheetahs. [17]
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | % Won |
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Cheetahs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 100.00% |
Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 27 | +38 | 100.00% |
Griquas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7 | +47 | 100.00% |
Emerging Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 100.00% |
Pumas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 100.00% |
Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | +66 | 100.00% |
SA Pres. XV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | –11 | 0.00% |
Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 43 | +83 | 100.00% |
Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 100.00% |
Total | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 424 | 144 | +280 | 91.67% |
Up to date as of 9 October 2022
Tournament | Coach(es) | Captain | Games | |||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | PF | PA | |||
2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup | Allen Clarke | Rhys Ruddock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 67 |
2014 IRB Nations Cup | Dan McFarland | Dominic Ryan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 13 |
2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup | Allen Clarke | Rhys Ruddock | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 19 |
2022 Toyota Challenge | Simon Easterby | Max Deegan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 45 |
Emerging Ireland 35-man squad for the Toyota Challenge was announced on 14 September 2022. [18] Caps listed are those earned playing for the Ireland national rugby union team.
Head Coach: Simon Easterby
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Thomas Clarkson | Prop | 22 February 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Leinster |
Sam Illo | Prop | 16 February 2001 (aged 21) | 0 | Connacht |
Michael Milne | Prop | 23 February 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Leinster |
Callum Reid | Prop | 16 January 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Ulster |
Roman Salanoa | Prop | 28 October 1997 (aged 24) | 0 | Munster |
Josh Wycherley | Prop | 22 July 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Munster |
Diarmuid Barron | Hooker | 6 August 1998 (aged 24) | 0 | Munster |
Tom Stewart | Hooker | 11 January 2001 (aged 21) | 0 | Ulster |
Dylan Tierney-Martin | Hooker | 20 June 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Connacht |
Tom Ahern | Lock | 22 February 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Munster |
Brian Deeny | Lock | 3 February 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Leinster |
Cormac Izuchukwu | Lock | 28 January 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Ulster |
Joe McCarthy | Lock | 26 March 2001 (aged 21) | 0 | Leinster |
Cian Prendergast | Lock | 23 February 2000 (aged 22) | 3 | Connacht |
James Culhane | Flanker | 22 October 2002 (aged 19) | 0 | Leinster |
John Hodnett | Flanker | 10 January 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Munster |
Alex Kendellen | Flanker | 21 March 2001 (aged 21) | 0 | Munster |
Scott Penny | Flanker | 22 September 1999 (aged 22) | 0 | Leinster |
Alex Soroka | Flanker | 19 February 2001 (aged 21) | 0 | Leinster |
Max Deegan | Number 8 | 1 October 1996 (aged 25) | 1 | Leinster |
Caolin Blade | Scrum-half | 29 April 1994 (aged 28) | 1 | Connacht |
Nathan Doak | Scrum-half | 17 December 2001 (aged 20) | 0 | Ulster |
Michael McDonald | Scrum-half | 24 June 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Ulster |
Jack Crowley | Fly-half | 13 January 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Munster |
Jake Flannery | Fly-half | 7 June 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Ulster |
Ciaran Frawley | Centre | 4 December 1997 (aged 24) | 0 | Leinster |
Antoine Frisch | Centre | 26 June 1996 (aged 26) | 0 | Munster |
Stewart Moore | Centre | 8 August 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | Ulster |
Jamie Osbourne | Centre | 16 November 2001 (aged 20) | 0 | Leinster |
Robert Baloucoune | Wing | 19 August 1997 (aged 25) | 2 | Ulster |
Shane Daly | Wing | 19 December 1996 (aged 25) | 2 | Munster |
Calvin Nash | Wing | 8 August 1997 (aged 25) | 0 | Munster |
Andrew Smith | Wing | 21 July 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Leinster |
Ethan McIlroy | Fullback | 10 August 2000 (aged 22) | 0 | Ulster |
Chay Mullins | Fullback | 23 January 2002 (aged 20) | 0 | Connacht |
Coach | Season(s) | GP | W | D | L | Win % | Loss % | Championships / notes |
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Allen Clarke | 2013 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 33.33% | |
Dan McFarland | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 2014 IRB Nations Cup |
Allen Clarke | 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup |
Simon Easterby | 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | |
Total | 2013–present | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.67% | 8.33% |
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