Today Ireland suffered defeat at the hand of Wales, who claimed the 'triple crown' - which means they finished top against England, Ireland and Scotland. Well done to them!
The Welsh descended upon Dublin and we saw 'the lads' loading onto the bus and headed on the Dart to Croke Park in their Brains Beer (Wales sponsors) Rugby tops. I kinda though Brains Beer was a bit of an oxymoron in a way....
We headed down to our local pub, Bellamys for the last half of the game. Actually we have 4 'locals' in our little village of Ballsbridge, but Bellamys has the nicest atmosphere. An open fire, comfy seats and its never crowded and the barman sometimes wears a bow tie. A 'G & T' for me and cider for the man and we were set. Actually our screen is bigger and clearer at home, but hey, you have to get into the atmosphere with the locals!
Everyone in the pub was glued to the game and we got into the spirit of it by cheering on the rare occasions it was warranted. We groaned when Ireland gave away a penalty shot with only 5 minutes to go and felt sorry for O'Driscoll when he was dragged off injured. Hopefully he will be back for next week's game against England at Twickenham. We came home and watched Scotland beat England despite Johnny Wilkinson highest score.
But as the barman said, every Irishman will have forgotten the result within and hour!
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