For the weekend that will be in it.

A look back at Saturday, April 4, 1987.

At the Cardiff Arms Park, Ireland put in an oddly schizophrenic performance but prevailed over Wales.

Edmund Van Esbeck writing (through rose tinted spectacles) in the Irish Times said:

A season that started with such bright promise and hope, but faltered in the midway period has ended in a triumph and triumph this was. Never has the appellation “the fighting Irish” been more appropriately applied to an Ireland rugby team..

..the heart of Irish rugby still beats with strong rhythm. It was a great day for the fighting Irish last Saturday.

Mmf!

Previously: How Green Was Their Valley?

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8 thoughts on “Arms And The Men

  1. Dav

    a nice good beating by the welsh should continue the reality check that is required in post-O’Driscoll/O’Connell/ Heineken cup Irish rugby

        1. The Old Boy

          We need a Mick Flavin drawing of the Fine Gael front bench as French rugby supporters, but where Dav has unwittingly bought Jimmy Deenihan’s unwanted ticket from a tout.

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