I have often wondered whether I would live to see Ireland beat the All Blacks. The famous team from New Zealand are the best in the world(despite only winning one World Cup). Something unreal happened……. Although Munster, a province of Ireland, beat them way back in 1978, Ireland never managed to beat the Kiwis in [...]
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Kiwis coming to play or to cheat?
So here’s the question I put to the 2005 twin spear tackling duo, Tana Umaga and Kevin Mealamu (the latter has just been banned), and to the infamous 1978 diver (former World Rugby Cup ambassador), Andy Haden – would you want your child to behave similarly? Would it make you proud of your children? That [...]
A Virtual Tour of the Newest Stadium in the Oldest Venue
The oldest international rugby venue in the world, Lansdowne Road, and its brand new 51,700 all-seater Aviva Stadium opened its doors to the world on Saturday 31 July 2010. Here is my virtual tour as I sat in awe of this wonderful new stadium. One wonders what historic moments in rugby and football (soccer) will [...]
