Magazine - Two games of four halves

SEARCH


See all:
Authors - Dates - Categories - Online Back Issues

POPULAR ARTICLES
NEWS ALERTS
Want to get news alerts delivered direct to your inbox? Edit your email preferences.
RECENT COMMENTS

Vine Lane is the home of RAF Cricket
7 hours ago by: Vic Demain

"Mr Richards???????????????????????"

Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
7 hours ago by: Vic Demain

"Fair play to the bloke, shame about that flooding down there ..."

Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
8 hours ago by: madgeorge

"An amassing task Keith. You must be congratulated in taking ..."

Saracens handed pitch boost
5 Days ago by: TURFINATOR

"If you want someone to hang themselves all you need do is le ..."

Harrogate 2012
1 Week ago by: Leeboy

"I'm not doubting it was a decent show Richard, my point was ..."

By in General Sports on 14th Nov 2009 13:00

Over 152,000 fans, 2,000 staff, four teams, four sets of goalposts and zero prawn sandwiches. Croke Park will this weekend host the biggest, most high-profile double-header in its long history as a sports venue, which stretches back to before the founding of the GAA in 1884.

Tonight, the Irish soccer team take on France in the opening tie of a two-leg World Cup play-off, with a trip to South Africa next summer as the glittering prize.

Tomorrow, Brian O'Driscoll and his Irish rugby team take on Australia in the opening match of the Autumn International Series. In between the games, the staff and management in Europe's fourth biggest stadium will have just 12 and a half hours to "flip over" from World Cup soccer to international rugby.

See the rest of the article on the following link :- Independent Ie

Read more articles in General Sports, by Press Release or from November 2009.



Want to post a comment in response to this article?

Login now, or register if you are not a Pitchcare member.

©2011 Pitchcare : 01952 897910 | Served by: Alonso | Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Terms & Conditions Of Use | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions of Sale
Home - Magazine - Shop - Training - Jobs - Used Machinery - Buyer's Guide - Message Boards - UK Weather - International - GreenFields Artificial Turf - Sport Construction