Cracking game that, strong defence is the 'Key To Success' right ?

To be moderately fair to the Union guys, tye do at least try to score try's these days. Worst games in history must be Calcutta Cup matches from the 1980's. There was an old joke at the time where someone at the after match dinner asked Dusty Hare to pass the salt and he kicked it.
This is what you can get though when you have RL defensive coaches, 2 extra forwards in the defensive line and you only have to retire the the back foot of the ruck (imagine how many tries would be scored in league under thos conditions?). I guess that's why RL evolved the way it did.
Ireland were made to look very ordinary by a solid English defense, shame that another South African ref again decided that England had too many players on the pitch to make it fair.

Halifax v Hull 1987 Challenge cup at Headingley 1987 ended 0-0.
No tries,no goals.Unique scoreline in my experience.

and Hull KR lost at home to Barrow 1-0 a few years back.

Yeah, my GF's cousin




How far behind you?

Not really ... Croke Park is by far the biggest stadium in Ireland, but the GAA who own it make the RFU at the height of their anti-league rants look fair.

Remember, it wasn't so very long ago that you were banned from ever being a member of the GAA for playing so-called British 'Garrison Games' (like soccer or Union)

Over the past 15 years or so, the redevelopment of the ground and the addition of floodlights has turned it in to one of Europe's best sporting venues ... Not least for the fact that it is about a 15 minute walk to it from the centre of Dublin itself.

With the redevelopment of Landsdowne Road and the shelving of the Ahern-Dome Scheme to build a National Stadium akin to Wembley somewhere in Dublin (the brainchild of former PM Bertie Ahern) Croke might revert back to just the GAA when L R is complete, but who knows now that GAA attitdues have eased a little ?

Croke's capacity is around 83K and with the development of one end, it could hold even more, but Hill 16 was constructed using rubble from the Easter Rising and thus, is more than a sports ground, but is also part of Irish National history. Naturally an organisation like the GAA doesn't want to tread on too many toes by pushing for it to be rebuilt more than it has.

I've been to it a couple of times now and was part of 'the biggest sporting crowd in Irish history' when it filled to capacity for the 2nd International Rules Test Vs Australia in 2006. It is strange after Wembley, with that stadium having a vast car park and space around it, to find streets of little cottages and almost back to back houses more or less coming right up to the perimiter walls of Croke.

twas a crap game of rugby, and the scoreline flatters england as the irish flyhalf (Ronan O'Gara) should have landed 4 more penalties, which would have led to a 26-13 score, and a much better reflection of the balance of play.

On the other hand, Carnegie scored 2 converted tries in the last 5 minutes of their National Trophy Quarter Final against Birmingham-Solihull to take the match 26-24. They will now face either 2nd place Exeter, 3rd placed Nottingham or Moseley in the semi final for the opportunity of a trip to Twickenham in April.

Oh, and my grandfather used to talk about a 0-0 he'd seen back in the 50s-60s, IIRC Wigan-St Helens at Odsal or summat like that. End to end stuff, loads of brilliant play & superb defence from both sides. Says it was the best game he ever saw.

How about Manly v Wigan in the World Club Challenge in 1987

8-2 to Wigan and no tries.

Unbelelievably, there was also a Challenge Cup game the same year when there was a nil nil draw between Hull and Halifax.



Halifax won the replay with the mammoth scoreline of 4-3

Hull KR 2 Featherstone 2 - about 2000 I think.

the only reason England lost players to the sin bin was stupidity on their part

Best game of Rugby i have EVER seen

Totally, how many sin binnings in this six nations is that now?