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APPENDIX H:
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015
PREPARATION MATCHES
Head Coach
Joe Schmidt
Team Manager
Michael Kearney
Assistant Coach
Les Kiss
V
WALES
8th August 2015 – Won 35 - 21
A Trimble (Ballymena RFC), D Cave (Belfast Harlequins RFC),
P Jackson (Dungannon RFC),
I Henderson (Ballynahinch RFC)
Replacements:
R Best (Banbridge RFC),
D Tuohy (Ballymena RFC), C Henry (Malone RFC)
V
SCOTLAND
15th August 2015 – Won 28 - 22
T Bowe (Belfast Harlequins RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
D Tuohy (Ballymena RFC), C Henry (Malone RFC)
Replacement:
P Jackson (Dungannon RFC)
V
WALES
29th August 2015 – Lost 10 -16
I Henderson (Ballynahinch RFC)
Replacement:
P Jackson (Dungannon RFC)
V
ENGLAND
5th September 2015 – Lost 13 – 21
T Bowe (Belfast Harlequins RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
R Best (Banbridge RFC)
Replacements:
C Henry (Malone RFC),
D Cave (Belfast Harlequins RFC)
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015
Head Coach
Joe Schmidt
Team Manager
Michael Kearney
Assistant Coach
Les Kiss
V
CANADA
19th September 2015 – Won 50 - 7
J Payne (Ulster), R Best (Banbridge RFC),
I Henderson (Ballynahinch RFC)
Replacement:
C Henry (Malone RFC)
V
ROMANIA
27th September 2015 – Won 44 - 10
T Bowe (Belfast Harlequins RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
D Cave (Belfast Harlequins RFC), C Henry (Malone RFC)
Replacement:
P Jackson (Dungannon RFC)
V
ITALY
4th October 2015 – Won 16 - 9
T Bowe (Belfast Harlequins RFC), R Best (Banbridge RFC),
I Henderson (Ballynahinch RFC)
Replacement:
C Henry (Malone RFC)
V
FRANCE
11th October 2015 – Won 24 - 9
T Bowe (Belfast Harlequins RFC), R Best (Banbridge RFC)
Replacements:
I Henderson (Ballynahinch RFC),
C Henry (Malone RFC)
V
ARGENTINA
18th October 2015 – Lost 20 - 43
T Bowe
(
Belfast Harlequins RFC), R Best (Banbridge RFC),
I Henderson (Ballynahinch RFC), C Henry (Malone RFC)
RBS SIX NATIONS
Head Coach
Joe Schmidt
Team Manager
Michael Kearney
Assistant Coach
Simon Easterby & Greg Feek
V
WALES
7th February 2016 – Drew 16 - 16
A Trimble (Ballymena RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
R Best (Banbridge RFC) (Capt)
V
FRANCE
13th February 2016 – Lost 9 - 10
A Trimble (Ballymena RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
R Best (Banbridge RFC) (Capt)
V
ENGLAND
27th February 2016 Lost 10 - 21
A Trimble (Ballymena RFC), R Best (Banbridge RFC) (Capt),
S McCloskey (Ballynahinch RFC)
V
ITALY
12th March 2016 – Won 58 - 15
A Trimble (Ballymena RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
R Best (Banbridge RFC) (Capt)
V
SCOTLAND
19th March 2016 – 35 - 25
A Trimble (Ballymena RFC), J Payne (Ulster),
R Best (Banbridge RFC) (Capt)
SEVENS (MENS)
Head Coach
Anthony Eddy
Assistant Coach
Stanley McDowell
Team Manager
Sinead Bennet
V
RUSSIA
18th July 2015 – Drew 19 - 19
A Cairns (Ballynahinch RFC), D McGuigan (Ballynahinch RFC)
V
GEORGIA
18th July 2015 – Won 21 - 17
A Cairns (Ballynahinch RFC), D McGuigan (Ballynahinch RFC)
V
ITALY
18th July 2015 – Won 33 - 15
A Cairns (Ballynahinch RFC), D McGuigan (Ballynahinch RFC)
V
LITHUANIA
19th July 2015 – Won 17 - 0
A Cairns (Ballynahinch RFC), D McGuigan (Ballynahinch RFC)
V
RUSSIA
19th July 2015 – Lost 10 - 24
A Cairns (Ballynahinch RFC), D McGuigan (Ballynahinch RFC)
V
GEORGIA
19th July 2015 – Won 15 - 7
A Cairns (Ballynahinch RFC), D McGuigan (Ballynahinch RFC)
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