Irish Rugby Jersey
Ireland play their home games in strip comprising green shirts with a badge containing the four leaf clover. The green shirt has had some distinguished past and present players pull it on to represent their country, just a few are; Willie John McBride, Mike Gibson, Tom Kiernan, Tony O'Reilly, Gordon D'Arcy, Reggie Corrigan, Anthony Foley, Denis Hickie, David Humphreys, Eric Miller, Ronan O'Gara, David Wallace, Geordan Murphy, Peter Stringer and of course the amazing Brian O'Driscoll.
The Irish Rugby Football Union was formed in 1879 when the Irish Football Union and the Northern Football Union agreed to merge and change their name and status to cover the whole country, north and south. Ireland along with Wales and Scotland were founders of the International Rugby Board (IRB)in 1886. Ireland play their home internationals at Croke Park in Dublin.
Another of the nations with a small playing base, the move to the creation of provincial sides and the Magners league have produced a string of top class players. These players have advanced the cause of the national side and Ireland can boast a consistency that keeps them amongst the elite nations. They have still retained their fire and pride in putting extreme pressure on the opposition be it home or away.
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