Emerging Ireland
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Union | Irish Rugby Football Union | ||
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Emblem(s) | Shamrock | ||
Founded | 2013 | ||
Coach(es) | Allen Clarke | ||
Captain(s) | Rhys Ruddock | ||
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First international | |||
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Largest win | |||
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Largest defeat | |||
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Emerging Ireland is an Irish rugby union team that represents Ireland in the IRB Nations Cup. The team acts as Ireland's third national men's side, behind the senior Ireland team and Ireland Wolfhounds.
Statistics[]
Overall[]
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | % Won |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 27 | +38 | 100.00% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 100.00% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | +66 | 100.00% |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | –11 | 0.00% |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 43 | +83 | 100.00% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 100.00% |
Total | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 321 | 99 | +222 | 88.89% |
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 |
History[]
2013 Tbilisi 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.
2014 IRB Nations Cup[]
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, has been appointed as head coach and Ulster backs coach, Neil Doak, will 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]
Honours[]
- World Rugby Nations Cup
- Winners: 1 (2014)
- World Rugby Tbilisi Cup
- Winners: 1 (2015)
- Runners-Up: 1 (2013)
Current squad[]
Emerging Ireland 27-man squad for the 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup was announced on 19 May 2015.[11]
Head Coach: Allen Clarke & Girvan Dempsey
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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Dave Heffernan | Hooker | 31 January 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
Rob Herring | Hooker | 27 April 1990 | 1 | ![]() |
Stephen Archer | Prop | 26 January 1988 | 2 | ![]() |
Finlay Bealham | Prop | 9 October 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
Denis Buckley | Prop | 9 August 1990 | 0 | ![]() |
James Cronin | Prop | 23 November 1990 | 2 | ![]() |
Andrew Warwick | Prop | 12 March 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
Billy Holland | Lock | 3 August 1985 | 0 | ![]() |
Ben Marshall | Lock | 8 June 1990 | 0 | ![]() |
Lewis Stevenson | Lock | 1 June 1984 | 0 | ![]() |
Dan Leavy | Flanker | 23 May 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Eoghan Masterson | Flanker | 5 April 1993 | 0 | ![]() |
Eoin McKeon | Flanker | 23 June 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
Rhys Ruddock | Flanker | 13 November 1990 | 5 | ![]() |
Number 8 | 14 October 1994 | 0 | ![]() | |
John Cooney | Scrum-half | 1 May 1990 | 0 | ![]() |
Luke McGrath | Scrum-half | 3 February 1993 | 0 | ![]() |
JJ Hanrahan | Fly-half | 27 July 1992 | 0 | ![]() |
Rory Scannell | Fly-half | 22 December 1993 | 0 | ![]() |
Eoin Griffin | Centre | 18 September 1990 | 0 | ![]() |
Stuart McCloskey | Centre | 6 August 1992 | 0 | ![]() |
Noel Reid | Centre | 22 May 1990 | 1 | ![]() |
Andrew Conway | Wing | 11 July 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
Matt Healy | Wing | 14 March 1989 | 0 | ![]() |
Cian Kelleher | Wing | 7 August 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Peter Nelson | Fullback | 5 October 1992 | 0 | ![]() |
Tiernan O'Halloran | Fullback | 26 February 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
See also[]
- Ireland national rugby union team
- Ireland Wolfhounds
- Ireland national under-20 rugby union team
- IRB Tbilisi Cup
- IRB Nations Cup
References[]
- ^ "Georgia to host IRB Tbilisi Cup in June". irb.com. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "'Emerging Ireland' Heading To Tbilisi". irishrugby.ie. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Coaching Team Confirmed For 'Emerging Ireland'". irishrugby.ie. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Keatley Kicks Emerging Ireland To Hard-Fought Win". irishrugby.ie. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "Emerging Ireland Suffer Tbilisi Defeat". irishrugby.ie. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Second Place Finish For Emerging Ireland". irishrugby.ie. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Ireland Squads Announced For Summer Tours". irishrugby.ie. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "Emerging Ireland to compete in Romania". RTÉ. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
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