Paul O'Connell
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Paul Jeremiah O'Connell is an Irish former rugby union player and coach. When he stopped playing, he was Ireland's third most-capped player (108) and the eighteenth most-capped international player in rugby union history. During his career, O'Connell captained Munster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He is now the forwards coach for the Ireland national men's team.
O'Connell playing for Ireland against Canada during the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Paul O'Connell warming up for Munster
O'Connell in action for Ireland during the 2006 Six Nations Championship
Paul O'Connell winning the line-out against Argentina at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
Ireland national rugby union team
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The Ireland national rugby union team is the men's representative national team for the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Ireland competes in the annual Six Nations Championship and in the Rugby World Cup. Ireland is one of the four unions that make up the British & Irish Lions – players eligible to play for Ireland are also eligible for the Lions.
First Ireland rugby team: defeated by England on 15 February 1875 at The Oval, by two goals and a try to nil
South Africa and Ireland teams posing together at their 1912 test at Lansdowne Road.
1920 illustration of the Ireland versus Wales match
The Ireland team that played Argentina at Ferro Carril Oeste in 1970