Buuxi weedha soo socota: Inta u dhaxaysa 1981 iyo 1988, MacNeill wuxuu Ireland u saftay 37 kulan. Wuxuu u saftay xulka qaranka Ireland 7dii Febraayo 1981 oo ay France ku ciyaareen Lansdowne Road, isagoo dhaliyay goolkii ugu horreeyay ee toban isku day oo caalami ah. Isla horyaalkaas wuxuu dhaliyay isku day labaad oo ka dhan ah Wales iyo gool hoos u dhac ah oo ka dhan ah England. Wuxuu dhaliyay isku dayyo kale oo ka dhan ah England 1982 iyo Scotland
Sanadkii 1988. Wuxuu sidoo kale dhaliyay ganaax ka dhan ah Wales 1983. MacNeill wuxuu xubin ka ahaa kooxaha Ireland ee ku guuleystay Five Nations Championship iyo Triple Crown 1982 iyo 1985 wuxuuna horyaalka la wadaagay Faransiiska 1983. Wuxuu sidoo kale xubin ka ahaa kooxda Ireland ee Koobka Adduunka ee Rugby 1987, halkaas oo uu afar isku day ku dhaliyey afar ciyaarood oo Ireland ah, mid ka dhan ah Kanada, laba ka dhan ah Tonga iyo mid ka mid ah guuldaradii quarter-finalka ee Australia. MacNeill wuxuu ciyaartii ugu dambeysay u saftay Ireland oo ay England la ciyaartay 23 Abriil 1988. MacNeill oo ay weheliyaan Tony Ward, Moss Keane, Donal Spring iyo Ciaran Fitzgerald, ayaa diiday inay ka qeyb galaan safarkii rugby ee Ireland ee 1981 ee Koonfur Afrika intii lagu jiray xilligii apartheid-ka. Kadib qaraxii Docklands ee 1996, MacNeill iyo Trevor Ringland waxay gacan ka geysteen abaabulka ciyaar saaxiibtinimo oo u dhaxeysay Ireland iyo Barbarians-ka Lansdowne Road si loo muujiyo in dadka reer Ireland ay rabaan nabad.