A good Limerick hurling man won it for Munster that day . We beat the World Champs .
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A cousin of mine. Galway stock.
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Same here. Never heard of the lions or any of the other shit. But I do remember watching the 5 nations the likes of serge Blanco, JP Reeves for the French and the big Irish red headed lad scoring the try against England when being pushed over the line by nearly every member of the Irish team.
It’s hazy but fairly sure COTY perennial nominee Nugent used the adjective “magnificent” to describe an Irish forward.
Fuck off Ryle.
Edit, read this wrong
Wise words.
Hahahahaha.
Lolzers…
Can the Irish creatine team still get the wooden spoon?
Which score was this one mate?
The anti triple crown is still on but we fucking showed the foreign speaking cunts.
Maybe down in inbred Cark that might be the case but not in more progressive areas of Irish society.
It’s ok lads, you’ll always have that win over NZ in a friendly last November.
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Another man taken by the curse of St Munchins
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The British Lions was the pinnacle of test rugby. Up until rugby went professional in 1995, tours to the antipodes were very rare for the individual nations from the British Isles. The British Lions was the medium in which they tested themselves in the southern colonies. I can remember setting the alarm and getting up to watch the test matches on the 1983 tour of New Zealand on a shit crackly reception on BBC in the days of 6 channels. In the pre-floodlight days, they were 3.30 am starts. The 1983 British Lions were doomed once Terry Holmes got injured in the first test in Christchurch. I can just about remember watching highlights of the 1977 tour of New Zealand and that last gasp Laurie Knight try for New Zealand in the 4th test which denied the British Lions a share of the series.
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Ya, the names were magical. Fred Cogly was a vital cog in the entire experience as well
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rugby was the soundtrack of my youth
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i might of mentioned it before but the GGA paedo wasnt the only journalist that got a flight to glasgow
Cogley was on once, too. he was seething as people were calling him a baldy west brit cunt for the whole journey
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Jaysus pal.
Have.
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some wonderful memories being described here, evoking a very happy time of my life, perhaps the happiest, an innocent time in the mid 1980’s watching sports stadium on a saturday
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In the olden days people used to gather outside the Rtv rentals shop of a Saturday and watch the five nations.
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all went downhill after the trip to Indonesia mate?