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Irish male eleven finally getting score draw? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

niall

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'irish male' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'eleven finally getting score draw?' is the wordplay.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'score draw?' becomes 'iall' (resembles 1 all, or 'one all', a draw in sport).
The final letter of 'eleven' is 'n'.
'n'+'iall'='NIALL'

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(Another definition for niall that I've seen is " Irishman".)

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