2013 Tbilisi Cup The team was created to offer Tier 1 level opposition for Tier 2 sides in the
IRB Tbilisi Cup, held in
Tbilisi,
Georgia. Allen Clarke, Ian Costello and Joey Miles managed the team, with
Rhys Ruddock as captain. In Emerging Ireland's opening match, they faced hosts
Georgia. This match was won by the Emerging side 20–15 in their first ever game. In their second match,
South Africa President's XV beat Emerging Ireland 19–8, before Emerging Ireland beat
Uruguay 42–33 on 16 June 2013 to secure a second-place finish in the tournament. The squad for the tournament was named on 19 May 2013. The initial squad featured four internationally capped players;
Michael Bent,
Seán Cronin,
Ian Keatley and
Rhys Ruddock the captain. However, Cronin was called up to the senior squad on 26 May 2013, thus lowering the international players from four to three. The remaining twenty three players, had, at the time, not played for Ireland internationally or at test level.
2014 IRB Nations Cup On 1 April 2014, it was announced that Emerging Ireland would take part in the
2014 edition of the
IRB Nations Cup in
Bucharest,
Romania.
Dan McFarland,
Connacht assistant coach at the time, was appointed as head coach and
Ulster backs coach,
Neil Doak was chosen to assist him. In the first game of the cup Emerging Ireland beat Russia by a score of 66–0 at 45 minutes into the game, when it was stopped by the referee, Ian Davies, because of a storm and fears for the players safety. The match included 10 tries,3 of those from
Andrew Conway. This was Emerging Ireland's largest ever win in international rugby. Dan McFarland's side beat Uruguay 51–3 in their second game to set up the last game against Romania as a title decider. This game turned out to be the closest of all their games but Emerging Ireland still ran out at 31–10 winners to secure the IRB nations cup with 3 bonus point victories.
2015 Tbilisi Cup Emerging Ireland won the 2015 Tbilisi Cup tournament with three from three victories, taking the Tbilisi Cup for their first ever time.
2022 South Africa Tour After a significant hiatus, Emerging Ireland re-emerged, but with a different purpose, providing development opportunities for young senior players in international conditions,
Simon Easterby was appointed head coach of the Emerging Ireland squad for their three fixtures against South African Currie Cup sides in
Autumn 2022. Ireland won their first match of the tour beating the Griquas 54–7 at
Toyota Stadium. They won their second match of the tour with a 28–24 victory over the Pumas. Emerging Ireland completed a sweep of their tour of South Africa on 9 October with a 21–14 win over the
Cheetahs.
2024 South Africa Tour Emerging Ireland returned to South Africa in October 2024 for a three match tour against the Pumas, Western Force and the Cheetahs. They started their tour with a 36-24 victory over the Pumas in
Bloemfontein. Ireland beat the Western Force 29–24 in its second match of the tour. Emerging Ireland secured their second
Toyota Challenge crown with a 24–33 victory over the Cheetahs going three for three on their South Africa tour. ==Statistics==