text: is ireland in the rugby world cup?   yes of course!! all the five nations and the tri-nation championships players are the leaders counties regarding rugby and i believe the´'ll allways be and allways should be present at the world cup. (just in case those are: eng, fra, wales, scotland, ireland, s.africa, nz, and australia). after them you can name: argentina, fidji, samoa, italy... and thats it, the rest of the teams should loose easily against these ones.