Excellent footage as to how it once was, but still is in many respects. People dressed up for games, the players kit then was impeccable. Yet as now, traffic jams and public transport taking tens of thousands to the match. Ticket prices: that's another issue.
Ire 3 - Wal 6 in Ravers. Jambags jambagged their way to yet another GS in 1950. Looking at the final table Wales only cocceded 8 pts in the 5N. Good defence.
Funny to see the British flag being used to represent Wales, as it was for Scotland in an earlier video. When did they get their own flags?
Back in the day, low scoring matches like this were the norm.
2:00think thats the bank of ireland building so must be royal avenue were castle court is
The Apartheid regime in the 6 counties was in full flow in the 1950s. The rugger crowd north and south were not impacted by this at all but a lot of ordinary nationalist people were. Good riddance to those days.
Ireland Vs Wales Five Nations Rugby, Ravenhill, Belfast 1950 0849am 23.2.25 comparing with yesterday's game which was ok... a close match... as was england's fine win over eccose. is this the cortege for the death or eire's rugby... as was?
Interesting that Ireland players still wore their club or rep side socks, and their numbers go 1-15, 15 being full back, while Wales has gotten rid of letters for numbers that go 15-1 in reverse order, 1 being fullback.
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