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Irish Exiles (rugby Union Team)
The Irish Exiles is a rugby union representative team featuring players selected from the Irish diaspora, many based in Great Britain. The team was established in 1989 by Tom Kiernan. It was officially recognised by the Irish Rugby Football Union and during the 1990s was effectively a fifth provincial team along with Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connacht. Between 1992 and 1993 and 1995–96 the Irish Exiles entered the IRFU Interprovincial Championship. The Irish Exiles also acts as an academy system for players from the Irish diaspora who wish to play for the men's national team and other IRFU national teams including the women's national team, the men's sevens team and the women's sevens team. History Early years The Irish Exiles organisation was originally established by Tom Kiernan in 1989 following a meeting in London. The aim of the Irish Exiles was to give Irish diaspora players wishing to represent the Ireland national rugby union team the opportunity to play for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Rugby Football Union
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) ( ga, Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where adult men's Irish rugby union international matches are played. In addition, the Union also owns the Ravenhill Stadium in Belfast, Thomond Park in Limerick and a number of grounds in provincial areas that have been rented to clubs. History Initially, there were two unions: the Irish Football Union, which had jurisdiction over clubs in Leinster, Munster and parts of Ulster and was founded in December 1874, and the Northern Football Union of Ireland, which controlled the Belfast area and was founded in January 1875. The IRFU was formed in 1879 as an amalgamation of these two organisations and branches of the new IRFU were formed in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Connacht Branch was formed in 1900. The IR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Kennedy (rugby Union)
Kenneth William Kennedy (10 May 1941 – 14 July 2022) Lions Rugby, 16 July 2022 was an Irish player who played hooker for and the . He was born in |
Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship
The IRFU Interprovincial Championship was an Irish Rugby Football Union competition run between the four provinces of Ireland - Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connacht. The Irish Exiles took part for four years (1992–93 – 1995–96). The competition was run as a distinct competition from 1946–47 to 2000–01, with the 2001–02 fixtures being fulfilled by the match-ups in the newly formed Celtic League. In addition to the official years of the competition, the unofficial Interpro records have been taken from the regular season domestic league matches between the provinces in the Celtic League now known as the United Rugby Championship. In recent years, the IRFU started a similar championship for 'A' squads, but these results are not included here. Since the inception of the United Rugby Championship in 2021, Irish teams now compete in a conference for the Irish Shield. However, unlike the Interprovincial Championship, these results include matches against non-Irish sides so it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa National Rugby Union Team
The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) represents Samoa in men's international rugby union and it is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union. They are also known as Manu Samoa, which is thought to derive from the name of a Samoan warrior. They perform a traditional Samoan challenge called the siva tau before each game. Samoa Rugby Union were formerly members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) along with Fiji and Tonga. They are ranked 11th in the world. Rugby was introduced to Samoa in the early 1920s and a governing body was soon formed. The first international was played as Western Samoa against Fiji in August 1924. Along with Tonga, these nations would meet regularly and eventually contest competitions such as the Pacific Tri-Nations – with Western Samoa winning the first of these. From 1924 to 1997 Samoa was known as Western Samoa. Samoa have been to every Rugby World Cup since the 1991 tournament. That tournament, along with the 1995 compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Keenan
Mata'afa George Keenan (born Rarotonga, 26 October 1960) is a Cook Islands-born Samoan former rugby union player. He played as a lock. Career Keenan debuted in the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ... roster in the match against Wales, at Cardiff on 6 October 1991. His last international match was against Australia at Sydney, on 6 August 1994. Notes ReferencesMat Keenan International Statistics 1960 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Saunders
Rob Saunders (born 5 August 1968 in Nottingham) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played as a scrum-half. He played for the Ireland team from 1991 to 1994, winning 12 caps. He was a member of the Ireland squad at the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was .... References 1968 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Irish Exiles rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves London Irish players Ulster Rugby players 1991 Rugby World Cup players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Halpin
Gary Halpin (14 February 1966 – 23 February 2021) was an Irish rugby union international player and champion hammer thrower. He played as a prop for Wanderers F.C., Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins and Ireland. He was noted for scoring a try against New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and celebrating with an obscene gesture directed at the All Blacks. Early life Halpin was born in Dublin on 14 February 1966. He attended Rockwell College, where he played schools rugby. In 1984 Halpin was part of the Irish Schools XV being part of the team that beat Scotland 13-26 and two weeks later defeated England 15–7 at Ravenhill in Belfast, only the second time that Ireland had beaten the English U18 Schools team. Will Carling led the team out that day. He was subsequently awarded a scholarship to Manhattan College. There, he threw the hammer on the Jasper's track team, and set college and meet records at the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America. He won the 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Curtis (rugby Union)
David Michael Curtis (born 10 April 1965) is a former Zimbabwean-born Irish rugby union international. He also played some first-class cricket while at Oxford University. Career Curtis was born in Salisbury, the capital city of Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe. He made his debut for Ireland against Wales in the 1991 Five Nations. He represented Ireland at the World Cup later that year, scoring a try in the pool stage against his country of birth and participating in their losing quarter-final team. In all he was capped for Ireland on 13 occasions and scored his only other points courtesy of a drop goal in an international friendly against Namibia. He qualified for Ireland through his father Arthur Bryan who had also represented his country as a wing forward in 1950. His four first-class cricket matches were for Oxford University in 1990, playing against Leicestershire, Glamorgan, Nottinghamshire and Cambridge. A right-handed batsman, he made 89 runs at 22.25. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Driscoll (rugby Union)
John O'Driscoll (born 26 November 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player. Scrum.com He was educated at and is a former international player winning 26 caps. He toured in 1980 and in 1983 with the |
Simon Geoghegan
Simon Patrick Geoghegan (born 1 September 1968 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire) is an Irish former rugby union player who played at wing in England for London Irish and Bath and in the Irish Inter-provincial Championships for Connacht Rugby and the Irish Exiles. He finished his rugby career at Bath Rugby where a debilitating toe injury limited his appearances and finally ended his playing career. Geoghegan is perhaps best known for his try in the 1994 Five Nations match against England at Twickenham, that was instrumental in a famous 13–12 win. Another key contribution during the match was a kick, chase and tackle on England fly-half Rob Andrew which led to a crucial kickable penalty to Ireland. An adept side stepper, he was once described by the commentator Bill McLaren as being "Like a mad trout up a burn". Geoghegan was controversially left out of the 1993 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand when England's Ian Hunter and Tony Underwood were taken ahead of him. Forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Staples (rugby Player)
James Edward Staples (born 20 October 1965 in Bermondsey) is a former rugby union footballer. He played as a fullback. He had 26 caps for Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland, scoring 5 tries and 2 conversions, 25 points in aggregate. He played club rugby for London Irish and Harlequin F.C., Harlequins. Staples alongside club colleague Simon Geoghegan also represented Connacht Rugby, Connacht in the Irish Provincial Championship, which at the time served as trial games for selection to the national team. Staples played at the 1991 Rugby World Cup and at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He played 5 times at the Six Nations Championship, Five Nations, in 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1997. During his playing career Staples weighed 82 kg and was 1.88m in height. External linksJim Staples International Statistics 1965 births Living people Connacht Rugby players English rugby union players Harlequin F.C. players Ireland international rugby union players Irish Exiles rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Country National Rugby Union Team
Basque Country national rugby union team (Basque: ''Euskadiko errugbi selekzioa'') is the national and/or representative rugby union team of the Basque Country. It is also sometimes referred to as the Basque Selection. They made their international debut on 14 May 1983 against Wales while the latter were on a tour of Spain. The Basque Country lost this game 3–24. Since 1985 the team has been organised by the Basque Rugby Federation. History Friendlies Since making their international debut against Wales in 1983, the Basque Country has regularly played international friendlies. They have also played regular friendlies against Basque club teams, including Aviron Bayonnais and Biarritz Olympique, and against touring club and provincial teams, including Ulster and Leinster. Competitions Since 1983–84 the Basque Country have competed in the Spanish Regions Championship, featuring other teams, such as Catalonia, representing the autonomous communities of Spain. This competition i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
