Leinster vs Munster
My friend from Norway, who is currently here on holiday visiting, and I headed out shopping this morning. Today was a big day in the rugby world with the Heineken Cup semi finals game starting around 5:30. The game was at Croke Park, here in Dublin, so hundreds of people roamed the streets as Courtney and I tried to make our way to Pennys for some shopping. A sea of red crowded around us, on their way to the pub to get a good seat for the game.
Leinster is the Province that Dublin is in and is represent by blue while Munster is another Province represented by the dreadful red that was surrounding us as we pushed through the crowds. Unfortunately Munster was called to win the game with a good record proceeding them and although all of the girls studying here in Dublin knew this, we all represented our Province faithfully by buying blue Leinster shirts and heading to the pub to watch the game on the big screens.
The game started off well with Leinster up by 3 to start matched by Munster soon after. Leinster then gained the lead again making there way up to 11 by the half to Munster's 6. The outlook was good and everyone in the pub were in good spirits, clapping happily with the score.
After the half Leinster kept up the fight holding Munster off from scoring with an incredible interception that took the ball all the way down the field. By the end of the game, the score was 25-6 Leinster and Munster was held off for the last 20 minutes or so of the game.
After some celebratory clapping and cheering ringing out from the pub, our group headed out to the store to pick up pizza's for tomorrow and were met by other fans cheering at our Leinster shirts, all in good spirits for the underdogs who had come up and held their own to win the game!