WRWC 2010: Ireland 32 Scotland 8

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It was an early morning flight to Gatwick, train to Guildford, just about making the kick off for the Ireland v Scotland 7th Place Playoff in the excellent IRB 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Grabbed my photographers bib, ignored the sniggers of the “pros” at my tiny instamatic and plonked myself on the left hand side facing Ireland’s right wing and waited for Ulster’s Golden Girl Eliza Downey to run in the scores.

It doesn’t often happen this way, but run them in she did with the Downster grabbing a brace, quickly followed by the excellent Niamh Briggs doing the same.

It was an impressive display from Ireland in this final game. Having narrowly failed to qualify for a top four finish the players were disappointed and frustrated with their dramatic reversal to the USA in the playoffs. That was a game where it just didn’t happen for them.

They bounced back in some style in this one as Briggs knocked over an . . .

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5 responses to “WRWC 2010: Ireland 32 Scotland 8”

  1. Lanzaman

    Dewi, size doesn’t matter …..allegedly !

    Junty – interesting weekend to be sure – just wish I had the camera when our 20 stone bollock naked Argentinian prop was chasing our 9 stone Scottish OH along the beach… and he nearly caught him !

    It actually was a very intense weekend – there was even a washed up tree trunk,so it turned into a US Marine style bootcamp, followed by a 1 hour cliff climb. I learnt a few more Spanish swear words that day !

    Anyway, I digress – absolutely great standard of rugby in the WRWC – very glad I tuned in to it.

  2. junty

    RR – must agree with you on that one – it was pretty impressive viewing i must say. Well done to Dewi for the coverage – some great action shots.
    Lanzaman – some great shots on Facebook of the ‘training’ session out in the Canaries !!

  3. Raging Raven

    Yes Dewi …… well done on your excellent coverage of the Irish team in the Woman’s Rugby World Cup. For a confirmed male chauvinist pig like myself I was taken aback by the skill, commitment and athletic ability of the players. I for one will be taking a bigger interest in Woman’s Rugby from now on ………….. if I could paraphrase a famous ad …….. it is the real thing!

  4. Lanzaman

    Great photos, Mr FRU – some “instamatic” !!

    1. Compared to some of the other cameras behind the goal line it certainly feels a little underpowered!

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