For cosmetic and sponsorship purposes.
Shaggy said Ireland were bookies favs for the tournament not England.
lol
Was that the real version on the mainland or the Hibernified version we get here ??
Very hibernified
It’s been put where it is for NBC.
Regrettable what happened on the streets of Donnybrook yesterday and the miscreants who were behind this must be condemned. The words of Mr. John O’Brien, the bar manager in Kiely’s should be kept in mind as well though. This would appear to have been a very isolated instance.
Gardaí were called to a mass brawl in south Dublin following a rugby match between two fee-paying schools.
A number of punches and kicks were thrown during the nasty melee, which took place on the street outside Kiely’s of Donnybrook, with some supporters donning jerseys of the two schools.
The incident, following the Leinster Schools Senior Cup clash between Terenure College and St Michael’s College, happened shortly after 5pm yesterday.
Kiely’s bar manager John O’Brien branded the incident a “disgrace”. Mr O’Brien insisted that he had never seen such violence after any other rugby matches held in the area in his 30 years at the bar.
He said the row was wildly out of control, leading a member of staff to call gardaí, who are understood to have taken names of some of those allegedly involved. Some videos emerged on social media following the brawl.
Mr O’Brien said some of the punches connected with staff as they attempted to put a stop to it. “It’s an absolute disgrace,” Mr O’Brien said. “We tried to break it up. It was fairly serious out there at one stage. There was no respect.”
A Garda spokesperson said officers were called to the scene of a disturbance outside Kiely’s yesterday evening. Gardaí said they are not investigating.
St Michael’s won the match 25-13.
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Sweep sweep
Gardai had to be called? Surely they heard it outside the front door and wandered out for a look? Or maybe they were all very busy at the time…
Nothing new there in fairness
The schools should be fined, easiest way to deal with it. Quite a few schools already have teachers stand at the gates of Donnybrook and tell stewards not to let some pissed past students in.
They usually get tanked up at the UCD student bar beforehand, mostly Freshers. Wouldn’t be much different to what goes on at Freshers weeks, except its the old school.
Surely Sweeney will look to restore his good name here? This isn’t done yet…
I thought drugby fans were a better class of people?
It’s all coming out now — Teachers having to man doors to stop blood thirsty boozed up fans causing carnage.
No thats just the inverse snobbery talking. Same proportion of dickheads and troublemakers playing rugby as that play GAA. Both far less than soccer alright
Imagine being an adult and a former teacher telling you that you can’t come into a match because you’ve had too much to drink 
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It’s part and parcel of football - we dont hide it or deny it - it’s part of the very fabric of the sport.
It’s the ironing from the rugger boys - Oh the Ironing.
I’ve never been at a schools GAA match where the fans were drunk.
I don’t know about that.
Considering the drinking that goes on there is a relative lack of incidents though I would guess.
The decision of the Gardai not to investigate in conjunction with what Mr. O’Brien, the Bar Manager of 30 years standing in Kiely’s had to say is instructive. This would appear to have been a one off incident, a bit of high jinks.
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