Wembley Stadium, when Ireland saw off Romania 44–10. Ireland then faced Italy, coming out on top 16–9, the only try coming from Keith Earls who surpassed Brian O'Driscoll as Ireland's leading Rugby World Cup try scorer with eight. The final pool game saw Ireland face France. The winner would set up a quarter-final against Argentina and avoid New Zealand Ireland overcame the loss to injury of key players Johnny Sexton, Peter O'Mahony and Paul O'Connell to run out 24–9 winners. The victory set up another game for Ireland in the Millennium Stadium against Pool C runners up Argentina on 18 October 2015. Ireland battled and came back from a 17-point deficit to come within three points of their opponents, but a series of mistakes spelt the end for Ireland's RWC of 2015. Ireland qualified automatically for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. They played in pool A along with the hosts, Japan, Scotland, Russia and Samoa. They finished the pool with three wins and one loss to finish second behind Japan. They played New Zealand in the quarter-finals where they lost 46–14. Players Current squad On 19th January 2023, Ireland coach Andy Farrell named a 37-player Ireland squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship. On 30th January, Tom Stewart was called up as injury cover in the hooker position with Rónan Kelleher an injury concern ahead of the Championship. Head coach: Andy Farrell Caps updated: 25 February 2023 Hall of Fame Twelve former Ireland players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. The Hall was created in 2006 as the IRB Hall of Fame when the sport's governing body of World Rugby was known as the International Rugby Board. The separate International Rugby Hall of Fame, which had inducted five Ireland players, was merged into the IRB Hall in 2014, shortly before the IRB adopted its current name of World Rugby. All International Hall members who had not been separately inducted to the IRB Hall automatically became members of the renamed World Rugby Hall. The table below indicates Irish players inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame and the year they were inducted in brackets. Ronnie Dawson (2013) Mike Gibson (2010) Tom Kiernan (2015) Jack Kyle (2008) Basil Maclear (2015) Willie John McBride (2009) Syd Millar (2009) Brian O'Driscoll (2016) Ronan O'Gara (2018) Tony O'Reilly (2009) Fergus Slattery (2015) Keith Wood (2014) Individual records Eight