Image: RTÉ
RTÉ archives highlighted some footage this week from 1949 showing the Irish rugby team beat Wales and win the Triple Crown in St. Helen's in Swansea in 1949. The footage, shot by Norman Hodgson, starts with the Aer Lingus flight from Collinstown Airport in Dublin to LLandow airport and captures supporters arriving into Swansea by train and the crowds around St. Helens before the match. Given that I live in Swansea, it was a treat to see how much has changed in 70 years, but also how many of the landmarks are exactly the same today. The match itself looks crazy, the lineout throws in particular are more like a GAA throw in than a modern lineout. Sadly the result wasn't repeated last weekend :-(
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