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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Day out
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:05:58 +0530
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Nice and atmospheric!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:16 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> A friend of mine Brendan and I went in to Dublin to see the European
> Champions Cup Semi Final yesterday which featured Irish side Leinster
> versus Welsh side Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium on Lansdowne Road. We had
> good seats and were right behind the media corps, so, as a result, didn't
> have people in front of us jumping up and screaming at every score.
>
> The bald guy in the press box with the cans on is Keith Wood, a former
> world player of the year and known as "The Raging Potato" or "Uncle Fester"
> and the match was shown Europe wide.
>
> The stadium is only eight years only, sleek and modern, and stuffed with
> bars and food outlets if one were so inclined. We had a pint of Murphys
> each beforehand, and enjoyed a match which to everyone's surprise, Leinster
> won easily by 38 points to 16. I brought along my Fuji X100S which
> naturally wasn't much good for action shots, but helped in catching my
> local surrounds.
>
> Leinster now meet the French club Racing 92 (from Paris) in the final in
> Bilbao in the Basque country in Spain. I won't be travelling over though.
>
> The images are on the link below and can be seen large
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Rugby/
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
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