D'Arcy: 2005, 2009 Simon Easterby: 2005 John Hayes: 2005, 2009 Denis Hickie: 2005 Shane Horgan: 2005 Geordan Murphy: 2005 Donncha O'Callaghan: 2005, 2009 Paul O'Connell: 2005, 2009, 2013 Stephen Ferris: 2009 Jamie Heaslip: 2009, 2013 Keith Earls: 2009 Tommy Bowe: 2009, 2013 Luke Fitzgerald: 2009 Rob Kearney: 2009, 2013 Cian Healy: 2013 Tom Court: 2013 Simon Zebo: 2013 Conor Murray: 2013, 2017, 2021 Seán O'Brien: 2013, 2017 Johnny Sexton: 2013, 2017 Rory Best: 2013, 2017 Robbie Henshaw: 2017, 2021 Peter O'Mahony: 2017 CJ Stander: 2017 Iain Henderson: 2017, 2021 Jack McGrath: 2017 Tadhg Furlong: 2017, 2021 Jared Payne: 2017 Bundee Aki: 2021 Tadhg Beirne: 2021 Jack Conan: 2021 Andrew Porter: 2021 Ronan Kelleher: 2021 Coaching and management Current Coaching and Management team Correct as of 11 February 2022 Coaches (Past to Present) The IRFU first appointed a coach in 1968. The current head coach is Andy Farrell who has been in the position since 2019. Ronnie Dawson: 1969–1972 Syd Millar: 1973–1975 Roly Meates: 1975–1977 Noel Murphy: 1977–1980 Tom Kiernan: 1980–1983 Willie John McBride: 1983–1984 Mick Doyle: 1984–1987 Jim Davidson: 1987–1990 Ciaran Fitzgerald: 1990–1992 Gerry Murphy: 1993–1995 Murray Kidd: 1995–1997 Brian Ashton: 1997–1998 Warren Gatland: 1998–2001 Eddie O'Sullivan: 2001–2008 Michael Bradley: 2008 (Interim coach) Declan Kidney: 2008–2013 Les Kiss: 2013 (Interim coach) Joe Schmidt: 2013–2019 Andy Farrell: 2019– Head coaches and statistics (professional era) Correct as of 25 February 2023 Media coverage Ireland's end-of-year tests were broadcast by the BBC until 2013 when Sky Sports secured the rights. From November 2018, the TV rights to the end-of-year matches were held by Channel 4 in the UK and RTÉ in Ireland, while TV3 Ireland and BBC/ITV retained the Six Nations rights, and ITV and TV3 with Eir Sports have the rights to the Rugby World Cup. From 2022, Amazon Prime Video holds the rights for Ireland's end-of-year internationals. See also Ireland Wolfhounds Emerging Ireland Ireland national under-20 rugby union team Ireland national under-18 rugby union team Ireland national rugby sevens team Millennium Trophy References External links Irish rugby union news from Planet Rugby History of Rugby in other countries Rugby union in Ireland European national rugby union teams