Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I waenganui i te 1981 me te
I te tau 1988, e 37 ngā tukinga a MacNeill mō Ireland. I timata ia mo Ireland i te 7 o Hui-tanguru 1981 ki France i Lansdowne Road, i eke i te tuatahi o nga whakamatautau a-ao tekau. I taua whakataetae ano i eke ia ki te whakamatautau tuarua ki a Wales me te whaainga takahi ki a Ingarangi. I eke ia ki etahi atu whakamatautau ki Ingarangi i te 1982 me Scotland i te 1988. I eke ano ia ki te whiu whiu ki Wales i te 1983. He mema a MacNeill o nga kapa o Ireland i toa i te Whakataetae o nga Whenua e rima me te Karauna Tokotoru i te 1982 me te 1985 me te tohatoha i te toa me France i te 1983. He mema ano ia o te kapa o Ireland i te 1987 Rugby World Cup, i reira i eke ai ia e wha nga whakamatautau i roto i nga keemu e wha o Ireland, kotahi ki a Canada, e rua ki a Tonga me tetahi i te hinganga o te hauwhā whakamutunga ki Ahitereiria. I puta a MacNeill mo te wa whakamutunga mo Ireland ki Ingarangi i te 23 o Aperira 1988. I te taha o Tony Ward, Moss Keane, Donal Spring me Ciaran Fitzgerald, kaore a MacNeill i uru ki te haerenga a Ireland rugby union ki Awherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1981 i te wa o te apartheid. I muri mai i te whakaeke i te 1996 Docklands, i te taha o Trevor Ringland, i awhina a MacNeill ki te whakarite i tetahi hoa aroha i waenga i a Ireland me nga Barbarians i Lansdowne Road ki te whakaatu ko te iwi o Ireland e hiahia ana ki te rangimarie.