[3][4] The tournament was held as part of preparations for the world cup taking place the following year.

[5] At the 2013 World Cup Ireland lost their matches against Wales and England.

[7] In 2015 Ireland played Scotland in the first Celtic Cup which was contested over two matches[8] but became an annual three-team round-robin with the addition of Wales in 2016.

[13] At the 2021 World Cup Ireland were not initially selected to take part but were brought in to replace Norway who had withdrawn from the tournament.

[14] Ireland were knocked out at the group stage after losses to Spain and Australia[1] before suffering a record defeat (0–121) in their final match against England.