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The Wolfhounds Return

Ireland Rugby — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:21:48 +0000

In 1956 an invitational side “The Wolfhounds” was created by Karl Mullen and Jack Kyle to spread the rugby gospel to small towns and villages of Ireland. Over the years many great names in Irish Rugby represent the Wolfhounds including Brendan Mullin, Willie John McBride and Sir Anthony O’Reilly. The team much like the Barbarians had no home ground.

The last recorded appearance of the Irish Wolfhounds was in 1987 when they played against Greystones at Dr. Hickey Park to celebrate the club’s golden Jubilee.

After a recent competition among supporters club members – the Ireland A team will be rebreanded as the Irish Wolfhounds after their game against England Saxons, their first game will be against Scotland ‘A’ at Ravenhill on February 5th.

IRELAND ‘A’ Team & Replacements (v England Saxons, Recreation Ground, Bath, Sunday, January 31, kick-off 2pm):

15 - Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
14 - Fionn Carr (Galwegians/Connacht)
13 - Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
12 - Keith Matthews (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11 - Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)
10 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
9 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 - Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
4 - Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) (capt)
5 - Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
6 - Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
7 - Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
8 - John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)

Replacements:

16 - John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster)
17 - Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
18 - Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)
19 - Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)
20 - Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)
21 - Ian Humphreys (Ballymena/Ulster)
22 - Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Scotland ‘A’ 67 – 7 Ireland ‘A’

Ireland Rugby — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:09:00 +0000

It was a night Ireland ‘A’ will want to forget, and hope the full squad don’t mirror tomorrow!

A more than capable Ireland ‘A’ team were 26-0 down after 24 minutes play, and two sin-binnings in either half were never going to help.

‘A’ INTERNATIONAL MATCH: Friday, February 22

SCOTLAND ‘A’ 67 IRELAND ‘A’ 7, McDiarmid Park, Perth

Scorers: Scotland: Tries: Phil Godman, Dougie Hall, Alan MacDonald, Rory Lawson, Calum MacRae, Max Evans 2, Ben Cairns, Alasdair Dickinson, Craig Smith; Cons: Phil Godman 5, Gordon Ross 2; Pen: Phil Godman

Ireland: Try: Ian Dowling; Con: Niall O’Connor

SCOTLAND ‘A’: Calum MacRae (Edinburgh); Simon Danielli (Ulster), Ben Cairns (Edinburgh), Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), Roland Reid (Edinburgh); Phil Godman (Edinburgh), Rory Lawson (Gloucester) (capt); Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester), Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors), Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), Craig Hamilton (Edinburgh), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Mark Rennie (Burgoin), Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh), Johnnie Beattie (Glasgow Warriors).

Replacements used: Scott Lawson (Sale Sharks), Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors), Craig Smith (Edinburgh), Mark McMillan (Wasps), James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors), Gordon Ross (Saracens), Dan Turner (Glasgow Warriors).

IRELAND ‘A’: Daniel Riordan (Buccaneers/Connacht); Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster), Kieran Lewis (Garryowen/Munster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), Gary Brown (Blackrock College/Leinster); Niall O’Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Isaac Boss (Ballymena /Ulster) (capt); Darragh Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster), Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster), Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster), Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster), Stephen Keogh (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster), Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster).

Replacements used: Adrian Flavin (Buccaneers/Connacht), Mike Ross (Harlequins), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), David Pollock (Dungannon/Ulster), Chris Keane (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Andy Dunne (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Keith Earls (Garryowen/Munster).

Referee: Andrew Small (England)

Healy Out of Ireland ‘A’ v Scotland ‘A’

Ireland Rugby — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:05:27 +0000

Injured Cian Healy has been replaced by Cork Constitution and Munster prop Darragh Hurley. Adrian Flavin has been cleared to takes his place on the bench after an alleged incident in last weekends Magners League game against the Ospreys.

IRELAND ‘A’ TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Scotland ‘A’, McDiarmid Park, Perth, Friday, February 22, kick-off 7.30pm):

15 – Daniel Riordan (Buccaneers/Connacht)

14 – Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)

13 – Kieran Lewis (Garryowen/Munster)

12 – Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)

11 – Gary Brown (Blackrock College/Leinster)

10 – Niall O’Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

9 – Isaac Boss (Ballymena /Ulster) (capt)

1 – Darragh Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster)

2 – Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

3 – Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster)

4 – Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster)

5 – Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)

6 – Stephen Keogh (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)

7 – Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)

8 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)

Replacements:

16 – Adrian Flavin (Buccaneers/Connacht)

17 – Mike Ross (Harlequins)

18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)

19 – David Pollock (Dungannon/Ulster)

20 – Chris Keane (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

21 – Andy Dunne (Old Belvedere/Connacht)

22 – Keith Earls (Garryowen/Munster)