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00:00:58 1 Early years: 1875–1900
00:04:12 2 Early 20th century: 1901–45
00:05:32 3 Post-war: 1945–70
00:07:41 4 Later 20th century: 1970–94
00:09:54 5 Professional era and new stadium: 1995–2010
00:13:04 6 2011 to present
00:16:03 7 Playing strip
00:17:34 8 Flags and anthems
00:19:46 9 Home grounds
00:22:37 10 Records
00:22:46 10.1 Home Nations - Five Nations - Six Nations championships
00:23:51 10.2 Rugby World Cup
00:28:02 10.3 Overall
00:28:20 11 Current squad
00:28:49 12 Historical players
00:28:59 12.1 Hall of Fame
00:30:02 12.2 Individual records
00:30:57 12.3 British and Irish Lions
00:31:12 13 Coaches
00:31:31 14 Head coaches (professional era)
00:31:45 15 Media coverage
00:32:18 16 See also



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The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. They are ranked second in the world by World Rugby as of 19 November 2018. The team competes annually in the current Six Nations Championship, which they have won fourteen times outright and shared nine times in its various formats. The team also competes every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions (1999 and 2007). Ireland is also one of the four unions that make up the British and Irish Lions – players eligible to play for Ireland are also eligible for the Lions.
The Ireland national team dates to 1875, when it played its first international match against England. Ireland's highest ever position in the World Rugby Rankings is second, which they reached for the first time in 2015.Eleven former Ireland players have earned induction into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.