Forget the score, for now anyway. Dublin was welcoming, There were black jerseys all around, many being worn by people who weren’t speaking English. We saw a group of French who were buying All Blacks flags. The atmosphere was great and the biggest problem was that we had to wait until 7 pm for kick off.
We left the hotel at 4.45 as it was a beautiful evening and we were naive enough to think we could stop and have a drink on the way. “You’re dreaming mate”, as gridlock meant no one was going in or out of any drinking establishment and those that looked like they had room also had big burly bouncers on the door who asked if you had a booking. We did manage to stumble across the All Blacks getting onto their bus but Sonny Bill was the only who would pose for the fans. The young Irish boys waiting were wrapped however were very worried about how there hair was in the selfie they had managed to get with Sonny Bill. I said, “you looked great”. He said “I know Grand right” .
We kept on going to the stadium and it looked great all lit up in the distance enticing us inside.
The Guinness was easy to get once in the stadium and we joined our little pod of kiwis to discuss all of our hopes and expectations for the game.
Whether you are a passionate rugby supporter, an event socialite, or a wandering tourist there has to be something for everyone at a game like this. There is a pulse to it. A collective pulse that unites everyone even those on different teams.
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The kiwis do not a bad job of the anthem even though there were no words for them to follow on a screen. It was certainly not the poorest, cringe worthy effort that us kiwis sometimes deliver. We are soon outshone and outclassed as the Irish belt out both of there versions and it is deafening. It is the equivalent of there haka. It stirs the blood and screams bring it on.
The haka is received far better than in England, and let the game begin.
I can only describe it as a dance. If you choreographed it you would not do better. The rise and fall of 50,000 people, like an instantaneous Mexican wave. Up then cascading down. The oohs and ahhhhhhhs providing a rhythm to it all. When they kick for goal the silence is deafening as “shhhhhhhhhhhhhh” spreads around the stadium like it was a library not a stadium filled with 50,000 rugby fans.
Every now and then the Irish fans would belt out a song or a chant which brings them all together and I am yet again left wondering as to why NZers can not get just one song to identify with and stir the masses.
The game ends. Ireland wins. The Irish go mad, all we can do is smile and clap. They are euphoric. Everyone is standing but No one moves from their seat. We have witnessed history and it was great to be there.
The train ride home was met with lots of laughs and good banter, and lots and lots of singing. The guy next to me said to his mate, “that’s the second best rugby game I have ever seen”. I really wish I had asked him what the best one was.
Happy Irish singing on the way home in the train, with the exception maybe of the lady who is possibly still stunned.