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Morgan StoddartIn January 2011 he was recalled to the Wales squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship, a tournament in which he scored two tries in three appearances, one in the opener against England and the other against Italy.
Arthur Harding In 1904 Harding was one of two Welsh forwards chosen to tour Australasia under the captaincy of Bedell-Sivright.
Isaac BossPart of the Under-19 New Zealand Rugby World Cup team in 1999, Isaac's Irish ancestry means that he is qualified to play rugby for Ireland through his maternal grandmother.
Gary ArmstrongHe retired from international rugby after Scotland's 18-30 defeat by New Zealand in the 1999 Rugby World Cup quarter-final.
Pablo CanavosioPablo was selected in Italy's squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship and he scored a late try as a substitute for Italy in their loss to France.
Tom Croft2012 saw Croft play in every single game of that year's Six Nations, His form continued to improve throughout the Championship and he played a starring role in the game against France which saw him score a wonderful try after a searing burst of pace.
Radike SamoHe scored his first test try for the Wallabies during the final Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup match against the All Blacks in Brisbane on 27 August 2011.
David Jenkins (rugby born 1904)Jenkins only other Welsh union cap was in the 1929 Five Nations Championship when he was chosen to face England on 19 January.
Dean Richards (rugby union)He made his senior England debut in 1986 against Ireland at Twickenham in the Five Nations Championship, scoring two tries in a 25 -- 20 points win.
Dan LugerDuring the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, Luger scored a hat-trick of tries in the opening match against Western Australia.
Tommy Bowe Bowe made his senior international debut against the USA during the 2004 Autumn Internationals becoming the first player from County Monaghan to win an Ireland cap since the 1920s, marking his introduction to test rugby with a second half try.
Matthew MullineuxIn 1896 he was selected to play in Johnny Hammond's British Isles team to tour South Africa ; although Mullineux only played in one of the test matches, the opening win over South Africa at Port Elizabeth.
Edward Perkins AlexanderIn 1885, while still a Cambridge student, he was selected for the Wales national team in their Home Nations Championship encounter with Scotland.
Zac GuildfordHe made his All Blacks Debut against Wales on 7 November 2009 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
Jean PratHe ran on for his first match as captain of France in the opening match of the 1954 Five Nations against Scotland.
Lawrence BulgerBulger's last campaign for Ireland was during the 1898 Home Nations Championship ; now playing for Lansdowne.
Paul HodgsonHaving been named in this season's England Saxons 2008 RBS Six Nations Championship training squad, Hodgson was called into the senior England squad for the game against France and was an unused replacement both in Paris and Edinburgh, before finally making his debut against Ireland in England's 33 -- 10 victory at Twickenham.
Mamuka GorgodzeHe was still a regular in the Georgia side though and was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Tony Ward (rugby union)He played his last game for Ireland on 3 June 1987 in a 32-9 win over Tonga during the 1987 Rugby World Cup.
Jacko HeaslipHe returned to the Irish side in 1923, playing that year against Scotland and Wales.
Harry Day (rugby player)Day played two more international games for Wales, both as part of the 1894 Home Nations Championship.
Nick EasterOn 4 August 2007, Easter scored four tries as England beat Wales by a record 62 -- 5 at Twickenham in a World Cup warm-up game.
Hal SeverSever scored a matchwinning try in the next match against Ireland on 13 February 1937 in which he beat several defenders in scoring wide out.
Percy ColdrickColdrick played three games in the 1912 tournament, with his final rugby union international game being a contest against the French team at Rodney Parade.
Bakkies BothaOn 10 July 2010, in the 1st test of the 2010 Tri Nations Series against New Zealand, Botha was suspended from all rugby for 9 weeks by an IRB judiciary for head-butting All Black halfback Jimmy Cowan, ruling him out of the remainder of the 2010 Tri Nations Series.
Dan ParksOver his Glasgow career, he has made regular appearances for the Scotland national side, including in the Six Nations and the 2007 World Cup.
Brendon LeonardHe then scored his first Test try against South Africa on 14 July 2007.
Thomas Jones (rugby player)Wales scored a record eight tries against England and the selectors kept faith with Jones by giving him a place in the next game of the 1922 Five Nations Championship against Scotland.
Noel Murphy (rugby player born 1937)He scored his third try of the tour in the second test against Australia on 4 June 1966.
David Wallace (rugby union)He was present during the 2006 Six Nations Championship and the Summer Tour in June.
Toby FloodAshton included Flood in the Elite squad for 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign of France, as a replacement for then Newcastle team-mate Jamie Noon.
Joe WorsleyWorsley was a member of England's victorious Rugby World Cup squad in 2003, coming on during the pool match against South Africa and starting against both Samoa and Uruguay.
Phil Vickery (rugby union)A rib injury prevented him from captaining the non capped match against the New Zealand Barbarians in December 2003.
Donncha O'CallaghanO'Callaghan was part of the Irish team which won the Grand Slam in the 2009 Six Nations Championship, Ireland's first in 61 years.
Craig QuinnellQuinnell won his first international cap as a flank forward against Fiji in 1995, becoming Wales' first ever tactical substitution, at the age of 20 and now has 32 international appearances to his name (the majority in the second row).
Paul O'ConnellO'Connell led the Lions to their first test victory since 2001 in the third test.
Ronan O'GaraIn the 2013 Six Nations Championship, O'Gara made his first appearance on 10 February 2013, coming on as a replacement against England.
Adam Ashley-CooperHis five tries at the 2011 Rugby World Cup saw him finish in the tournament's top five try-scorers.
Martin TweedTweed was selected to tour with the Combined British on the 1910 tour to Argentina where he played in what Argentina count as their first test match.
Joe Simpson (rugby union, born 1988)He was only the second player to win his first cap for England in a Rugby World cup tournament -- second to Joe Worsley who was the first player to do so at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
Tom CourtCourt was named as a replacement for all Ireland's matches of the 2009 RBS 6 Nations and earned his first cap as a replacement for Marcus Horan during Ireland's 38 -- 9 victory over Italy on 15 February 2009.
Gordon Ross (rugby union) A prodigious goal-kicker, Gordon Ross enjoyed a dream debut for Scotland with a record of 23 points in the 43 -- 20 success against Tonga at Murrayfield in November 2001.
Conor MurrayHe scored his first try for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 league fixture against Glasgow Warriors on 14 April 2012.
Alfred MathewsMathews played only a single game for Wales, when he faced Scotland in the second and final Welsh match of the 1886 Home Nations Championship.
Tommy BoweBowe won further caps during Ireland's tour to Japan and their Autumn Internationals in 2005.
Owen Madden (footballer) When Madden began his international career in 1948 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations.
David Wallace (rugby union) He toured Australia with the 2001 British and Irish Lions following in the footsteps of his brothers Richard and Paul.
Colin CharvisCharvis became the world record try scorer for a forward in test match rugby on 24 November 2007 v South Africa at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff with his 22nd international try.
Jackie Vernon (footballer) When Vernon began his international career in 1944 there were in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations.
Rocky ElsomHe is the most capped Australian blindside flanker and was the Wallabies' 76th test captain, having replaced Stirling Mortlock in 2009.
Jonah LomuIn his first test of 2002, he came off the bench in the second half to score a try in a match against Italy.
Sean LamontFurthermore, Lamont helped the side to an historic victory for Scotland against the hopeful Grand Slam winners (France) in Scotland's Six Nations stunning 20 -- 16 victory on 5 February 2006 by scoring two tries, one of which he joined a ruck and used his strength and power to bundle over the line and take the Scots to victory.
Charlie FaumuinaOn 8 September 2012, he made his debut for the All Blacks as a substitute in the 73rd minute in a test against Argentina.
Joe WorsleyIn 2004 he played against Italy, Ireland and France in the Six Nations Championship, as well as coming off the bench against Wales to score a match winning try.
Billy HollandHolland started for Munster in their historic 15-6 victory over Australia on 16 November 2010.
Ian Evans (rugby player)Evans then went on to start 3 of Wales' 4 matches in the 2006 Autumn internationals including the match against New Zealand.
Geordan MurphyHe toured with Ireland in the summer of 2002, adding 2 more caps to his tally, but missed the start of Tigers 2002/03 campaign after undergoing surgery.
Hallam Amos In January 2013 he was selected in the Wales Under 20 squad for the 2013 Under 20 Six Nations Championship.
Paul O'ConnellHe was named in Ireland's squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup and played against Romania, Namibia, Argentina and Australia in the pool stage, and the 43 -- 21 quarter-final defeat to France.
Graeme LanglandsHe excelled there and in the Ashes deciding 2nd Test at Station Road in Swinton against Great Britain on the 1963 -- 64 Kangaroo Tour he scored an Anglo-Australian record of 20 individual points in the historic 50 -- 12'' Swinton massacre''.
Richardt StraussStrauss made his second appearance for Ireland on 24 November 2012 against Argentina scoring his first ever international try in the process.
Tommy Jones-Davies Jones-Davies was first selected to play for the Welsh national team in the country's opening game of the 1930 Five Nations Championship while team captain of London Welsh.
Shane WilliamsOn 21 November 2009, Williams scored two tries in Wales' comfortable 33 -- 16 win over Argentina in the Millennium Stadium, taking his international try tally to 50.
Arthur Gould (rugby union)A younger brother, Bert, was a centre who played three times for Wales -- he appeared with Gould in the Welsh team that won the Triple Crown for the first time in 1893.
John HopleyHis other Test came against Ireland in the 1908 Home Nations Championship.
Shane WilliamsHe was part of the Grand Slam-winning Wales side in the 2005 Six Nations Championship, where he scored tries against Italy, Scotland, and most famously England, the try that helped them achieve a famous 11 -- 9 victory that got their campaign underway.
Lee MearsHe came on as a replacement in the 2006 Six Nations Championship games against, and, and earned a start against.
Lionel NalletHe was a part of France's 2006 Six Nations Championship victory and was subsequently included in the national squad for the mid-year tests against Romania and the Springboks.
Chris Paterson Paterson started his rugby career with hometown club Gala, the highlight being a solo try that won Gala the 1999 Scottish Cup at Murrayfield.
Brian Price (rugby union)Uncapped at the time, his performance for the Barbarians saw him fast-tracked into the Wales international team playing against Ireland just a month later in the 1961 Five Nations Championship.
Ben CairnsIn January 2009 he was selected in Frank Hadden's squad for the 2009 Six Nations.
Lewis Moody Moody scored two tries for England Colts against Wales in April 1997, and was a member of the side that won the Madrid Sevens at the end of that season.
Jonah Lomu Lomu's 1999 international season kicked off with a warm-up match against New Zealand A, which was followed by a game against Samoa in which Lomu scored one of the All Blacks' nine tries.
Geordan MurphyHe was selected for the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and played in the warm-up test match vs Argentina, then mostly played in the midweek team but was selected at full back for the third and final test.
Joe Lydon (rugby)Lydon was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand and collected the last of his 30 GB caps as a substitute in 16-10 defeat by Australia in Brisbane.
Sean LamontLamont was picked consistently through the 2007 Six Nations Championship for Scotland.
Alan QuinlanHe played his first Six Nations match against Italy in 2001.
Vernon PhilanderIn 2013, he was one of the South African bowlers who bowled out New Zealand for 45, the lowest Test Match total of the millennium.
Liam BarryBut at the end of the 1995 season he toured France and Italy and gained a test cap in the second international against France.
Danny CiprianiHe started the match against Ireland on 15 March 2008, which England won 33 -- 10, replacing Jonny Wilkinson at fly-half.
Tom Palmer (rugby union)After playing in the 2007 Six Nations Championship, Palmer made the training squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Luzuko Vulindlu He was also part of the Emerging Springboks team and played for them during their 13 -- 13 draw against the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa.
Sydney NichollsNicholls was first selected to represent Wales in 1888, in the first match between the country and Southern Hemisphere opposition, the New Zealand Natives.
Ronan O'GaraIn 2006, he overtook David Humphreys as Ireland's highest points scorer.
Shane WilliamsOn 21 April 2009, Williams was named as a member of the British and Irish Lions for the 2009 tour to South Africa.
Edward Innes PocockIn 1877, while playing for Wanderers, Pocock was approached by the Scottish Rugby Union to represent Scotland in the 1877 Test match against Ireland.
Rodney So'oialoHis first test in 2005 was against Fiji, scoring a try.
Pita AlatiniHe played his first test on 26 June 1999, in a 54-7 victory over France at Athletic Park.
Ian KeatleyHe kicked six from six against Cardiff Blues on 23 September 2011 to win the match 18-13 for Munster, earning the Man-of-the-Match award.
Bill GammellA tall wing er, he earned five international caps, and played in the game against Japan in 1977 in Tokyo when he scored four tries in the Scots' 74-9 victory.
Tom Miller (footballer)Tom was selected at international level, by Scotland, 3 times, is debut came whilst he was still at Liverpool in an amazing British Championship fixture at Hillsborough on the 10 April 1920, the game saw Tom score twice (13th & 40th minutes) but still finish on the losing side as England won 5-4 after being 2-4 down at half-time.
Toby FaletauIn April 2013 Faletau was named in the squad for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.
Vereniki Gonevaafter the 2009 season, he joined the Fiji 15's team for the 2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup where he was instrumental in the win against Samoa, coming off the bench and scoring the match-winning try and against Japan where he set up the match-winning try to Number 8, Netani Talei.
John HipwellHis first Test cap came in 1968 against New Zealand, when he replaced Ken Catchpole who suffered a career-ending injury.
Peter O'MahonyHe was named in Ireland's training squad for the 2013 Six Nations Championship on 17 January 2013.
Peter Morgan (rugby player)Morgan played in four matches for Wales, including the 1980 game against the All Blacks at Cardiff.
Gavin ThomasThomas returned to the Wales starting lineup against in Dunedin on 19 June 2010 after a four year absence.
Harry Day (rugby player)Day had to wait five years from the New Zealand game to win his first cap, but was given his chance when he was called in to fill in for Tom Graham in the final game of the 1892 Home Nations Championship.
Warren FuryDuring the 2009 Six Nations campaign Fury was once again called into the Wales squad as scrum half cover.
Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903)He was first capped for Scotland when he faced Wales on 2 February 1924, and he scored three tries on Test debut ; a 35 -- 10 victory.