Ireland A national rugby league team

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The Ireland A national rugby league team nicknamed the Wolfhounds is made up of amateur players from the Irish domestic competition. The team competed against England A, Wales A and Scotland A in the Amateur Four Nations and against the USA in a St Patrick's Day match. The team is administered by Rugby League Ireland. Carl De Chenu is the current coach.

Squad

The following squad was picked for the 2015 match against Belgium

Player	Club
Rob Armstong	Cork Bulls
Gerard Arthurs	Cork Bulls
Brian Bennett	Treaty City Titans
Jack Burke	Galway Tribesmen
James Carleton	Portadown Pumas
Adam Cox	Dublin City Exiles
Josh Donaldson	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs
Casey Dunne	Athboy Longhorns
Nick Finlay	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs
Declan Foy	Cork Bulls
Gareth Gill	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs
Brendan Guilfoyle	Treaty City Titans
James Kelly	Dublin City Exiles
Eoin King	Athboy Longhorns
Ryan Latimer	Belfast Met
Anthony Leifi	Galway Tribesmen
Conor MacKey	Galway Tribesmen
Clark McAllister	Portadown Pumas
Paul McDonald	Athboy Longhorns
Connor Phillips	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs
Peter Ryan	Galway Tribesmen
Curtis Stewart	Belfast Met
Lemaki Vaipulu	Treaty City Titans

Overall Record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Total	48	19	1	28	39.58%	–	–	–

Results

No.	Date	Result	Competition	Venue
1	25 October 1997	Ireland A 25–18 Scotland A	Friendly	Blackrock College, Dublin
2	30 May 1998	Scotland A 16–21 Ireland A	Friendly	Bellsland Park, Kilmarnock
3	18 March 2000	United States 19–6 Ireland A	St Patrick's Day Challenge
4	9 September 2001	Scotland A 12–28 Ireland A	Friendly	Glasgow
5	16 March 2002	United States 24–22 Ireland A	St Patrick's Day Challenge
6	16 June 2002	Ireland A 10–32 England A	Amateur Four Nations	Dublin
7	21 July 2002	Wales A 52–20 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Old Penarthians RFC, Cardiff
8	18 August 2002	Ireland A 70–10 Scotland A	Amateur Four Nations	Belfast
9	15 March 2003	United States 20–16 Ireland A	St Patrick's Day Challenge
10	28 June 2003	Ireland A 32–28 Wales A	Amateur Four Nations	Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin
11	27 July 2003	England A 34–14 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham
12	9 August 2003	Scotland A 48–20 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Queen's Park, Glasgow
13	24 March 2004	United States 41–10 Ireland A	St Patrick's Day Challenge
14	15 May 2004	Wales A 56–12 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Cardiff Athletics Stadium, Cardiff
15	3 July 2004	Ireland A 28–24 England A	Amateur Four Nations	Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin
16	22 August 2004	Ireland A 16–24 Scotland A	Amateur Four Nations	Navan R.F.C., County Meath
17	2 July 2005	England A 8–26 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	The Shay, Halifax
18	16 July 2005	Ireland A 10–18 Wales A	Amateur Four Nations	Terenure College RFC, Dublin
19	14 August 2005	Scotland A 44–16 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Glasgow
20	3 June 2006	Ireland A 38–30 Scotland A	Amateur Four Nations	St Mary's College RFC, Dublin
21	15 July 2006	Ireland A 23–44 England A	Amateur Four Nations	Terenure College RFC, Dublin
22	19 August 2006	Wales A 10–24 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Brewery Field, Bridgend
23	23 June 2007	England A 22–28 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
24	14 July 2007	Ireland A 16–16 Wales A	Amateur Four Nations	Carlow Crusaders, Cill Dara RFC, Kildare
25	11 August 2007	Scotland A 18–28 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Old Anniesland, Glasgow
26	7 June 2008	France A 14–40 Ireland A	Friendly
27	6 July 2008	Wales A 32–24 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	South Road Ground, Porthcawl RFC, Porthcawl
28	26 July 2008	Ireland A 26–28 Scotland A	Amateur Four Nations	Dublin
29	6 September 2008	Ireland A 36–24 England A	Amateur Four Nations	Tullamore
30	13 June 2009	Scotland A 22–30 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Edinburgh
31	11 July 2009	England A 28–12 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Broughton Park RUFC, Manchester
32	8 August 2009	Ireland A 28–26 Wales A	Amateur Four Nations	North Dublin Eagles, ALSAA Sports Complex, Dublin
33	13 June 2010	Wales A 34–8 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	The Gnoll, Neath
34	10 July 2010	Ireland A 6–10 Scotland A	Amateur Four Nations	Terenure College RFC, Dublin
35	14 August 2010	Ireland A 12–44 England A	Amateur Four Nations	Limerick
36	22 March 2011	United States 8–26 Ireland A	Saint Patrick's Day Test	Garthwaite Stadium, Philadelphia ^[1]
37	2 July 2011	Ireland A 22–54 Wales A	Amateur Four Nations	Limerick
38	16 July 2011	England A 12–26 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Pennine Way stadium, Hemel Hempstead
39	13 August 2011	Scotland A 26–8 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
40	18 March 2012	United States 38–20 Ireland A	Saint Patrick's Day Test	Widener University, Philadelphia ^[2]
41	21 July 2012	Wales A 28–26 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Bonymaen RFC, Bonymaen
42	6 August 2012	Ireland A 0–38 England A	Amateur Four Nations	Kilballyowen Park, Bruff R.F.C., Limerick
43	3 August 2013	Ireland A 14–48 Wales A	Amateur Four Nations	Limerick
44	10 August 2013	Scotland A 38–26 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Falkirk RFC
45	23 August 2013	England A 52–0 Ireland A	Amateur Four Nations	Pennine Way stadium, Hemel Hempstead
46	16 August 2014	Ireland A 44–10 Scotland A	Celtic Nations Cup	Ashbourne RFC
47	23 August 2014	Wales A 22–28 Ireland A	Celtic Nations Cup	Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
48	15 October 2016	Ireland A 10–68 Jamaica	Friendly	Carlisle Grounds, Bray

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