Internationals and the UK national teams.

[Pappa]

Is the UK the only country that has separate national teams for Football and Rugby Union (ie. Wales, England and Scotland)?

Also, do players from Northern Ireland play for the Irish teams?

[devogue]

Is the UK the only country that has separate national teams for Football and Rugby Union (ie. Wales, England and Scotland)?

I think so - it just goes back to the foundation of the major team sports.

Also, do players from Northern Ireland play for the Irish teams?

They do in rugby, but not in soccer.

[Pappa]

Is the UK the only country that has separate national teams for Football and Rugby Union (ie. Wales, England and Scotland)?

I think so - it just goes back to the foundation of the major team sports.

Also, do players from Northern Ireland play for the Irish teams?

They do in rugby, but not in soccer.

Who do they play for in football? Is there a Northern Ireland team?

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Is the UK the only country that has separate national teams for Football and Rugby Union (ie. Wales, England and Scotland)?

I think so - it just goes back to the foundation of the major team sports.

Also, do players from Northern Ireland play for the Irish teams?

They do in rugby, but not in soccer.

Who do they play for in football? Is there a Northern Ireland team?

Yes - they're even worse than Wales.

[devogue]

Is the UK the only country that has separate national teams for Football and Rugby Union (ie. Wales, England and Scotland)?

I think so - it just goes back to the foundation of the major team sports.

Also, do players from Northern Ireland play for the Irish teams?

They do in rugby, but not in soccer.

Who do they play for in football? Is there a Northern Ireland team?

In International Rules Football, the team is All-Ireland.

It's the best sport ever - a blend of Gaelic football and Aussie Rules:

[klr]

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In International Rules Football, the team is All-Ireland.

It's the best sport ever - a blend of Gaelic football and Aussie Rules:

All the fighting and none of the skill.

Do we have that clip of the Jack Russell invading the pitch a few years ago?

... yes we do:

[Animavore]

It could only happen in the Irish home ground.

[Clinton Huxley]

Separate teams for cricket too (though of course the England cricket team is largely South African...)

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Separate teams for cricket too (though of course the England cricket team is largely South African...)

Not quite as separate though. England and Wales are combined. Scotland and Ireland have their own teams.

It's all fucked up basically and dates back to when the various sports (and their governing bodies, who are as loath to relinquish their little fiefdoms as any such) were formed.

[JimC]

Is the UK the only country that has separate national teams for Football and Rugby Union (ie. Wales, England and Scotland)?

I think so - it just goes back to the foundation of the major team sports.

Also, do players from Northern Ireland play for the Irish teams?

They do in rugby, but not in soccer.

Who do they play for in football? Is there a Northern Ireland team?

In International Rules Football, the team is All-Ireland.

It's the best sport ever - a blend of Gaelic football and Aussie Rules:

Magnificently brutal!

Although the Irish went all sooky and abandoned the game because the nasty Aussies were out-fighting them...