Leinster v Munster Rugby Game at Aviva Stadium March 29, 2014

So we had to say goodbye to our March guests and get them to the airport.  It was sad but all adventure was not lost, as Steve, Zach, Haley and I had tickets to the Rugby Match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin for Saturday, March 29th!  So I drove my pals to the airport and then high-tailed back home so we could make the return trip to Dublin! (Not enough room in the car for everybody...)

We stayed at the Lansdowne Hotel and found that they had a party at the hotel for the game!  It was outside and the music was great.  So we donned our Leinster Gear and went out to enjoy the food, music and beverages before walking to the game.

The cigarette was not ours...

Though I loved my blurry action shot, he did, in fact, miss this penalty kick, so the game was Leinster 6 - Munster 12.  Ahhh!  The first half was all penalty kicks and Munster was scoring on theirs and Leinster missed TWO!

Coming back after the half Leinster started catching up in penalty kicks and then Brian O'Driscoll scored a try and it was Leinster 19 and Munster 12!! After that Munster scored two more penalties and it was 19 to 18with 4 minutes left in the game.  Then Leinster scored another penalty as time was running out and the final score was Leinster 22 - Munster 18. It was a great game to watch!

It was so cool to see Brian O playing in person. We had watched the Six Nations Rugby Tournament which Ireland won, and Brian O retired from the Ireland team after the tournament.  I was afraid he was retiring completely, but there he was in his Leinster uniform!  Yay!


Tried to get a shot of Brian O but it didn't come out so good...He was done after scoring the try having taken a pretty hard hit to the head.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to watch and we all enjoyed it. 

Zach of course tried to ruin the picture but I posted it because Haley is adorable!