Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
1988, MacNeill akaita mitambo 37 yeIreland. Akaita kutanga kwake kweIreland musi wa7 Kukadzi 1981 vachipesana neFrance kuLansdowne Road, achihwina yekutanga yemakumi gumi epasi rese kuyedza. Mumakwikwi mamwe chetewo akahwina muedzo wechipiri kurwisa Wales uye chinangwa chekudonha kurwisa England. Akawana zvimwe zvibodzwa kurwisa England muna 1982 neScotland muna 1988. Akapinzawo penareti kuWales muna 1983. MacNeill akanga ari nhengo yezvikwata zveIreland izvo zvakakunda Five Nations Championship uye Triple Crown muna 1982 na 1985 uye vakagovana mukwikwidzi neFrance muna 1983. Aivewo nhengo yechikwata cheIreland pa1987 Rugby World Cup, kwaakarova zvibodzwa zvina mumitambo mina yeIreland, imwe ichirwisa Canada, mbiri ichirwisa Tonga uye imwe mukukundwa kwekota yekupedzisira kuAustralia. MacNeill akaita chitarisiko chake chekupedzisira kuIreland vachipesana neEngland musi wa 23 Kubvumbi 1988. Pamwe chete naTony Ward, Moss Keane, Donal Spring naCiaran Fitzgerald, MacNeill akaramba kutora chikamu mu1981 Ireland rugby union rwendo rweSouth Africa munguva yerusaruraganda. Mushure mekubhomba kweDocklands muna 1996, pamwe naTrevor Ringland, MacNeill akabatsira kuronga hushamwari pakati peIreland nemaBarbarian paLansdowne Road kuratidza kuti vanhu veIreland vaida rugare.