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Rugby general knowledge question

  • 09-02-2011 9:33am
    #1
    dricco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭dricco


    This one is wrecking my head any ideas?

    Of all Irish Rugby International capped players, what is the most common surname????
    (please note a little twist as all spellings of the surname are counted)


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  • #2
    Anderson Thousands Manager
    Posts: 0 ✭ Anderson Thousands Manager


    I'm guessing something like Fourie / de Villers / Steyn?


  • #3
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    Irish!


  • #4
    JustinDee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,684 ✭✭✭JustinDee


    RuggieBear wrote: »
    Irish!
    Yes, good call. We're not discussing the English cricket team.


  • #5
    KevinK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭KevinK


    If Worldwide surely it would have been Jones?

    Irish-??

    If anyone has the time/patience to sort through this list the answer should reveal itself

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ireland_national_rugby_union_players

    Moore, Smith or McCarthy would be my guess.


  • #6
    MarVeL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭MarVeL


    Most common as in most number of caps to the surname or most common as in most number of players with the surname?


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  • #7
    durkadurka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭durkadurka


    Wallace?


  • #8
    dricco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭dricco


    MarVeL wrote: »
    Most common as in most number of caps to the surname or most common as in most number of players with the surname?

    Common as in most number of players with the surname.


  • #9
    GerM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,592 ✭✭✭GerM


    Not 100% but am pretty sure that it's Murphy. Have heard it as a trivia piece in the past. According to Scrum.com there have been ten players with that surname capped for Ireland.


  • #10
    davidpfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭davidpfitz


    • Murphy: 9
    • Kennedy: 8
    • Brown: 7
    • Moore: 7
    • Ross: 7
    • Wallace: 7
    • FitzGerald/Fitzgerald: 6
    • Hewitt: 6


  • #11
    smurf110
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭smurf110


    I've counted 9 Smith\Smyths also...and that's from going through all capped players...

    Based on the Q posed above...there are 11 Brown(e)'s


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  • #12
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    GerM wrote: »
    Not 100% but am pretty sure that it's Murphy. Have heard it as a trivia piece in the past. According to Scrum.com there have been ten players with that surname capped for Ireland.


    50% I suppose from that family in Cork


  • #13
    davidpfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭davidpfitz


    smurf110 wrote: »
    I've counted 9 Smith\Smyths also...and that's from going through all capped players...

    Based on the Q posed above...there are 11 Brown(e)'s

    They're different surnames, though. That's like saying O'Sullivan and Sullivan are the same. I think the spelling has to be the same. FitzGerald/Fitzgerald is a trickier one since the spelling is the same, but the capitalisation is not.


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