6 Nations Rugby - Ireland v. England @ Croke Park

We got up at 4am this morning.

We got on our bikes.

We rode into the city.

We were refused entry to the Celtic Club, which was already brimming with drunk Irishmen.

We rode to Pugg Mahones.

We got a nice seat in front of a moderately sized flat screen television to watch Ireland demolish England in the 6 Nations rugby tournament. Then again, it was time for some payback.

Fun times. Brought back memories of all those World Cup matches in London - the enthusiastic crowds and lacklustre English sporting performances.

It was also interesting to watch the punters walk up the stairs, having not been out all night ourselves. SBL Jesus, people look atrocious when they are smashed. Their faces sink and they have this deadened look in their eyes.

Between watching increasingly drunk drunkards sway up the stairs, pestering Andrew for the rules of the game, and watching the two blondes who were sitting next to us in their very loud efforts to get laid, there was actually some match watching to be done.

I spent most of my time watching Ronan O'Gara (pictured above). To be fair, he was on-screen quite a bit seeing as he had the job of kicking the conversions, and there were quite a few. The game ended on a score of 43-13.

You can check out the full match report here, if you are at all interested.

Ireland is in with a chance to take out the title, should France lose a game. Up next are Scotland and that pre-eminent Rugby nation, Italy.