Heineken Cup Final 2012
May. 21st, 2012 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Just back from said match. I had a whale of a time.
This was partly because the night before had involved the consumption of Sipsmith's damson vodka, which I recommend highly.
The match itself was fun and a good, solid game. The score certainly didn't reflect how close the game was but it did reflect that extra bit of quality Leinster had in the midfield.
The crowd was immense, and loud. Not the loudest I've ever been in, but it's easier to be loud when it's 15,100 packed into Knowsley Road than it is in the wide open spaces of Twickenham. I think that it was a match that mattered helped, because last time I was at Twickenham it was for the Crusaders vs Sharks match that was doubling up as a fund-raiser for post-earthquake New Zealand so the atmosphere was different.
These fans were more shouty, shouty. And very colourful. I tried to capture that in my photos but failed miserably:
and a video
The fantastic seats helped for me to watch the game because it's rugby union which makes no sense.
But yes, I enjoyed myself and I got to see the greatest Northern hemisphere player of his generation lift the trophy and since I <3 BOD it makes me very happy.
Neither of the football games went the right way but I have learnt not to trust Mario Gomez to score when it matters.
This was partly because the night before had involved the consumption of Sipsmith's damson vodka, which I recommend highly.
The match itself was fun and a good, solid game. The score certainly didn't reflect how close the game was but it did reflect that extra bit of quality Leinster had in the midfield.
The crowd was immense, and loud. Not the loudest I've ever been in, but it's easier to be loud when it's 15,100 packed into Knowsley Road than it is in the wide open spaces of Twickenham. I think that it was a match that mattered helped, because last time I was at Twickenham it was for the Crusaders vs Sharks match that was doubling up as a fund-raiser for post-earthquake New Zealand so the atmosphere was different.
These fans were more shouty, shouty. And very colourful. I tried to capture that in my photos but failed miserably:
and a video
The fantastic seats helped for me to watch the game because it's rugby union which makes no sense.
But yes, I enjoyed myself and I got to see the greatest Northern hemisphere player of his generation lift the trophy and since I <3 BOD it makes me very happy.
Neither of the football games went the right way but I have learnt not to trust Mario Gomez to score when it matters.
