List of Ireland national rugby union players

List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team.

Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team)

• Those who represented the British and Irish Lions but were never capped for Ireland are not included - for example William Joseph Ashby was part of the first Lions team to tour South Africa in 1910 but was never capped for Ireland.
• Those who represented Ireland in matches where no caps were awarded are not included - for example James Myles represented Ireland during the 1899 Ireland rugby union tour of Canada but was never capped for Ireland.

• On 16 April 2023 the IRFU announced it had decided to award caps to 12 players who featured for Ireland but were not awarded caps at the time for games which were not then recognised as International Test Matches. Irish Rugby | IRFU To Cap Previously Uncapped Men’s Internationals</ref>

List

  denotes players currently active at national level. As of 24 February 2024, 1,157 men have represented Ireland.

Caps updated 17th March 2024

References

External links

• Ireland Players at IRFU
• List of Ireland national rugby union players at ESPN

1. Ireland national rugby union team
2. Rugby union in Ireland
3. List of Wales national rugby union players
4. List of Australia national rugby union players
5. Irish Rugby Football Union
6. List of rugby union players by country
7. List of South Africa national rugby union players
8. List of England national rugby union players
9. List of France national rugby union players
10. List of England women's national rugby union players
11. Ireland national schoolboy rugby union team
12. List of Scotland national rugby union players
13. List of New Zealand national rugby union players
14. List of Ireland women's national rugby union players
15. List of Fiji national rugby union players
16. List of Canada national rugby union players
17. All-Ireland League (rugby union)
18. Ireland national rugby sevens team
19. United Rugby Championship
20. List of cricket and rugby union players