Ireland V Barbarians

toomevara

Ireland will play the Barbarians on the 27th May at Kingsholm, Gloucester to warm up for the tour to NZ. Should be a Good day out and an opportunity to visit one of the best union grounds in England

youcancallmeal

That'll be pretty interesting but I still can't believe the president of the Barbarians is called Micky Steele-Bodger

damnyanks

Where can the tickets be bought ?

aoa321

Could anybody settle an argument please? Was there talk at one stage of this match being played at Stamford Bridge ?

Funkstard

/\ AFAIK there was. There was something about it on here.

zAbbo

The Ba-Ba's against South Africa a while back was a great game, really enjoyed that one.

Our boys also need at least one game before going down under if we're to make a decent fist of it.

juvenal

aoa321 wrote: »

Could anybody settle an argument please? Was there talk at one stage of this match being played at Stamford Bridge ?

Apparently there was talk of it...google

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23431875-details/Stamford+Bridge+ticket+rush+as+Ireland+take+on+Baa-Baas/article.do

Ireland will be the first international rugby team to appear at Stamford Bridge for more than 100 years, with Chelsea the venue for their end-of-season match against the Barbarians.

The ground-breaking game, scheduled for Sunday, May 25, will be the first at the stadium since the pioneering All Blacks beat Middlesex there in 1905 during the early stages of their first British Isles tour.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2008/0220/barbarians.html

There had been speculation suggesting Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground would have staged the match, which will serve as a warm-up for Ireland prior to their summer tour of New Zealand and Australia.

aoa321

Thanks lads - I win the argumant and I have proof that I'm not cracking up

Goodluck2me

when was the last time we played against them? I hope all the Irish chosen for this barbarians game actually play!

youcancallmeal

goodluck2me wrote: »

when was the last time we played against them? I hope all the Irish chosen for this barbarians game actually play!

I think it was 2000 in Lansdowne Road and we got beaten 31-30. Before that it was 1996 and I don't know what the score in that was

Crash

My first live rugby game actually - i was 13. We'd have won as well, if it wasn't for Neil Jenkins.

damnyanks

he was fugly but good.

Ulstermell0

aoa321 wrote: »

Could anybody settle an argument please? Was there talk at one stage of this match being played at Stamford Bridge ?

sorry yes i put that up on here - after reading it in the Daily Mail, should have known not to trust that rag!

thekid9

Is this game being shown on tv?

LeeroyJones

thekid9 wrote: »

Is this game being shown on tv?

Yea coverage starts in about just over 2 years ago.... sorry! just the wrong thread!

Todays match is on RTE 2 at 730, Kick Off is 745

thekid9

I was just going deleting my post but cheers anyway Leeroy

Crash

I'll lock this for the sake of cleanliness.