Put your 15 players on the pitch, draw your phases of play, export a clean image or an animated GIF and share your team in one tap. National heroes, world legends, your club mates — from prop to fullback.
Pick your formation, place your 15 players on a real pitch (in-goal, 22 m and halfway lines, H posts) and add their photo. Walk away with a clean image ready to share.
The rugby tactics board. Place players and opponents, draw passes, runs, kicks and zones, then animate your phase step by step.
TeamBranch reproduces the official structure of a rugby union XV: 8 forwards (the pack), 7 backs (the line), a captain, a tactical formation. Fifteen positions, fifteen calls, from number 1 to number 15.
Draft from the current Ireland XV (Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, James Lowe, Mack Hansen, Jamison Gibson-Park), the green-jersey immortals (Brian O'Driscoll, Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara, Johnny Sexton, Willie John McBride), the stars of the URC and the All-Ireland League, or pick from the All Blacks, Springboks, England, France. You can also build a side made entirely of the lads from your local club.
Pick the team that runs out in Perth on 1 October 2027. Trust Farrell's settled core, blood the new caps, or go all-time. Nine straight quarter-final exits — 2027 is the chance to finally reach a semi.
Pick the side chasing a fourth Six Nations in a row at the Aviva. Triple Crown, Calcutta Cup, Millennium Trophy, and a clean sweep at the Aviva roar. Three on the bounce already (2023, 2024, 2025) — and the lads are not slowing down.
Mix the Leinster dynasty, the Munster Red Army, the Ulster grit, the Connacht underdog spirit. Throw in Welsh, Scottish, Italian and South African opposition. The best XV of the league, your call. Stand up and fight.
Your auld fella at prop, mate at hooker, brother at scrum-half, sister on the wing. Upload your own photo cards for the AIL final, the club tour, the stag weekend in Galway, or just the post-match pint at the bar.
From the first Test against England at the Oval on 15 February 1875 (a heavy defeat, but we showed up) to the heartbreak of the Stade de France on 14 October 2023, the men in green have built one of the most stubborn, generous and tragic rugby stories of all: three Six Nations in a row, a Grand Slam, world No. 1 — and still no Rugby World Cup semi-final. On TeamBranch you can replay every generation, or rewrite the quarter-finals that got away.
Ireland played England, Scotland and Wales from the very first Home Nations tournament. The first Triple Crown came in 1894 at Ballynafeigh and Lansdowne Road. The 1948 side under Karl Mullen won the first ever Grand Slam — the only one for the next 61 years. Jack Kyle, the out-half from Belfast, was the player of the era and is still spoken about in hushed tones.
The 1960s and 70s belonged to forwards like Willie John McBride (Lions invincibles of 1974), Mike Gibson (12 Lions tours), Fergus Slattery, Moss Keane, Mick Doyle. Triple Crown in 1982 under Ciaran Fitzgerald — then a long, painful slide into the wilderness.
Professionalism arrived in 1995 and Ireland had to learn fast. A young Brian O'Driscoll announced himself at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 19 March 2000 with a hat-trick — Ireland's first win there since 1972. Ronan O'Gara, Paul O'Connell, Keith Wood, Shane Horgan, Peter Stringer: a generation built around skill and devil.
The 2007 match at Croke Park against England — 43-13, the silence during God Save the Queen, then the explosion — is one of the great Irish sporting moments. The 2009 Grand Slam in Cardiff (O'Gara drop, Wales beaten 17-15), the first since 1948, lifted a 61-year weight off the country.
Joe Schmidt took over and made Ireland ruthless: Six Nations 2014, 2015, 2018 (Grand Slam with Sexton's drop in Paris), first ever home win over the All Blacks in Chicago 2016 (40-29). Then the brutal QF exit to New Zealand in 2019.
Andy Farrell, the English-born former rugby league legend, took the reins. First ever series win in New Zealand in July 2022. Three Six Nations on the trot (2023 Grand Slam, 2024, 2025). World No. 1 for parts of 2023 and 2024. And then Paris 2023: lost 24-28 to the All Blacks in the QF, peak Irish rugby, peak heartbreak. The curse remains. Caelan Doris takes the captaincy into 2027.
A rugby XV runs out with 15 starters and 8 reserves: the pack and the line, the forwards and the backs. Each jersey number maps to a specific role. TeamBranch reproduces this grammar for your lineup, one to fifteen.
The pack (1 to 8) is about set-piece and contact: scrums, lineouts, mauls, rucks. The backs (9 to 15) are about movement: handling, territory, running lines, finishing. All of it under a captain, who can wear any number — currently Caelan Doris in the green jersey.
Each generation has its faces, its system, its rivalries. On TeamBranch you can rebuild these XVs exactly, or change one name and see what happens. What if BOD had played in the 2003 World Cup at full fitness? What if O'Gara's drop had missed in Cardiff? Answer in 60 seconds.
The next time we're in this stadium, we have to fucking love this place. We have to feed off this crowd. This is our home.Paul O'Connell, Ireland captain 2004-15, Lions captain 2009, 108 caps — team talk before a Test, since immortalised
Build the XV that runs the 2026 Six Nations and the 2027 World Cup in Australia. Mix the leaders (Doris, Furlong, Lowe, Ringrose, Beirne) and the new caps (Prendergast, McCarthy, Nash, O'Brien). Your starting XV, your bench, your captain.
Brian O'Driscoll at outside centre, Paul O'Connell at lock, Ronan O'Gara at out-half, Johnny Sexton on the bench (and into the captaincy), Keith Wood at hooker, Willie John McBride in the second row, Mike Gibson at 12, Jack Kyle as honorary 10. The all-time XV in green, 1875 to 2026.
Mix the blue Leinster dynasty, the Munster Red Army from Thomond, the Ulster white from the Kingspan, the Connacht green from the Sportsground. Add the All-Ireland League heroes — Cork Con, Lansdowne, Garryowen, Young Munster. The best XV of the league, your call.
Step out of the green jersey: Antoine Dupont (FR) at scrum-half, Cheslin Kolbe (RSA) on the wing, Maro Itoje (ENG) at lock, Beauden Barrett (NZ) at 10, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Ardie Savea. The World XV that would even scare Andy Farrell.
Ireland has provided more Lions captains in recent times than any other side: POC in 2009, BOD's leadership across three tours, talk of Doris 2025. Build the Lions XV the way Andy Farrell would — Irish spine, Welsh backs, an English engine, a Scottish playmaker. The 4-nation team that tours Australia, NZ and South Africa.
Pick your province: Leinster blue from the Aviva and RDS, Munster red from Limerick and Cork, Ulster white from Belfast, Connacht green from Galway. The 4 historic provinces of Irish rugby, plus your county pride — Cork, Limerick, Galway, Belfast, Dublin, Donegal, Tipperary. From mass-side AIL clubs to Heineken Cup heroes.
After years missing the big stage, the lasses qualified for RWC 2025 in England — a fresh chapter. Beibhinn Parsons on the wing, Aoife Wafer in the back row, Sam Monaghan at lock, Linda Djougang in the front row, Dannah O'Brien at out-half. Plus the Ireland Sevens girls knocking on the Olympic door.
Bono on the wing (he'd give it socks), Jamie Dornan at fullback, Saoirse Ronan at scrum-half, Conor McGregor at openside (obviously), Father Ted as chaplain coach. Or go full fictional: the priests from Craggy Island, the lads from Derry Girls, Cillian Murphy at 10, Liam Neeson at lock. The only XV where U2 sings the anthem.
Upload your own photo cards. Stick your brother at 10, the mate at prop, your cousin on the wing, your da as captain. The club Saturday XV, the AIL final XV, the team for the stag tour in Galway. Custom and unlimited. Fair play to the lot of ya.
The Rugby World Cup 2027 kicks off across the Tasman from 1 October to 13 November, expanded for the first time to 24 nations. Venues: Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne. Ireland — nine straight QF exits, world No. 1 in 2023 and 2024, three Six Nations in a row — heads to Australia chasing the elusive first ever semi-final under Caelan Doris.
On TeamBranch, build your 2027 XV by scenario: Farrell's settled core, post-Six Nations refresh, the all-time XV, full reset. Editable in two clicks. The curse ends here — or it doesn't.
International rugby rotates around a tight circle. Tier 1: the six European nations (France, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Italy) and the four SANZAAR sides (New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Argentina). On TeamBranch you can build the XV of any nation: current squads, all-time legends, or your perfect mix.
The United Rugby Championship is Europe's southern-flavoured top tier — Ireland's four provinces meet Welsh, Scottish, Italian and South African sides. Below it, the All-Ireland League (AIL) keeps club rugby alive in Cork, Limerick, Dublin, Galway and Belfast. The Champions Cup is the European Holy Grail. On TeamBranch you can build the type-XV of any club, or a competition-wide all-star side.
Every team built on TeamBranch generates a unique link + an Open Graph card with photos, numbers and a shamrock banner. Share it on WhatsApp, X, Insta, slag your mates, kick off the club WhatsApp argument.
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