<Tr> <Td> Total </Td> <Td> Quarterfinal </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 973 </Td> <Td> 662 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 221 </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> </Tr> <P> Ireland have competed at every Rugby World Cup tournament . The furthest they have progressed is the quarter - finals, which they have made six times out of eight . They have finished top of their pool twice, in 2011, after beating pool favourite Australia, and in 2015 leaving France in 2nd place . </P> <P> In the first tournament, held in Australia and New Zealand in 1987, Ireland finished second in their pool after a loss to Wales, before Ireland were knocked out by Australia in the quarter final in Sydney . </P> <P> In 1991 Ireland again lost one match in pool play, this time to Scotland . Ireland again met Australia in the quarter - finals, losing by one point . </P>

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