Between 1981 and 1988 , MacNeill made 37 appearances for Ireland . He made his debut for Ireland on 7 February 1981 against France at Lansdowne Road , scoring the first of ten international tries . In the same championship he scored a second try against Wales and a drop goal against England . He scored further tries against England in 1982 and Scotland in 1988 . He also scored a penalty against Wales in 1983 . MacNeill was a member of the Ireland teams that won the Five Nations Championship and Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985 and shared the championship with France in 1983 . He was also a member of the Ireland squad at the 1987 Rugby World Cup , where he scored four tries in Ireland 's four games , one against Canada , two against Tonga and one in the quarter final defeat to Australia . MacNeill made his final appearance for Ireland against England on 23 April 1988 . Together with Tony Ward , Moss Keane , Donal Spring and Ciaran Fitzgerald , MacNeill declined to take part in the 1981 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa during the apartheid era . In the aftermath of the 1996 Docklands bombing , together with Trevor Ringland , MacNeill helped organise a friendly between Ireland and the Barbarians at Lansdowne Road to show that the people of Ireland wanted peace
1996 Docklands bombing
1996 Docklands bombing
Hugo MacNeill (rugby union)