Munster v Leinster, Croke Park

Hugh_C

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view of Hill 16 from the Cusack Stand

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Ricky91t

Terrible Result but a nice shot hugh

Hugh_C

Or great result, terrible shot ?

Paulw

Brilliant result.

I took a lot of photos, but unfortunately most of the action was down the other end of the pitch from me .... aside from the tries. Due to licensing agreements though, can't post any here, but they are on my website.

Nice shot Hugh. A nice mix of red and blue on the hill.

Fajitas!

Hugh_C wrote: »

Or great result, terrible shot ?

I'll go with Ricky on this one

nilhg

Paulw wrote: »

Brilliant result.

I took a lot of photos, but unfortunately most of the action was down the other end of the pitch from me .... aside from the tries. Due to licensing agreements though, can't post any here, but they are on my website.

Great set Paul, really caught the atmosphere and action, well done. My young fella is really chuffed, he can pick himself out in shot #2, the one of the Hill.:)

oshead

Excellent set of shots Paul. You really caught the whole occasion well start to finish.

melekalikimaka

some great oppertunities for great crowd shots, the chequered patterned seating was cool.

Great result...

and athenry is in galway no?

Paulw

melekalikimaka wrote: »

and athenry is in galway no?

Had to love that. First time the Munster crowd started singing it, some guys put up a banner - "Athenry is in Galway - Connacht" I think there were 2-3 similar banners around the place.

Paulw

Paulw wrote: »

Brilliant result.

I took a lot of photos, but unfortunately most of the action was down the other end of the pitch from me .... aside from the tries. Due to licensing agreements though, can't post any here, but they are on my website.

Nice shot Hugh. A nice mix of red and blue on the hill.

Some amazing photographs - well done!

The first O'Gara one is class. I presume that was photoshoped?

Paulw

Deleted User wrote: »

The first O'Gara one is class. I presume that was photoshoped?

Nope, no photoshop. Just panning and a slower shutter speed. Most didn't work (other players) but the O'Gara one worked better than I expected.

Thanks.

DeVore

Hugh, thats a terrific photo, really impacted on me and told a story almost... very emotive and unusual.

DeV.

ttcomet

What was that score?

dreamer_ire

Awful Munster performance.... there's always next year. Well done Leinster on outclassing us form 1-15.

Great pics folks... here's my contribution from yesterday

View of the Cusack Stand from the Davin


View of the Hill from the Davin


Leinster outnumber Mafi

melekalikimaka

dreamer_ire wrote: »

Great pics folks... here's my contribution from yesterday

View of the Cusack Stand from the Davin

i can ALMOST see myself

Paulw

Great crowd shots. There was some crowd yesterday. Largest for a "club rugby" game.

Such a brilliant sea of red and blue.

DeVore

heartbreaking shot of that kid, what a great photo you can really feel the emotion. poor lad!

DeV.

gcgirl

DeVore wrote: »

heartbreaking shot of that kid, what a great photo you can really feel the emotion. poor lad!

DeV.

I just went ahh, Brill photo really captured the moment!!

phog

Some good photos, Paul W's excellent as usual, while it was a terrible result for Munster I hope you get to see Leo lift the cup in Edinburgh now.

Honey-ec

Great shots, Paul. Love the one of Cheika on the pitch beforehand.

Hugh_C

Paulw wrote: »

Brilliant result.

I took a lot of photos,

brilliant photos Paul, that shot of BOD, Donncha O'C & Hayes is sheer class!

CutzEr

Great photo's, the jerseys really bring out the color in everything xD

Absolutely horribile result though.. Guess we have ourselves to blame -.-

Ballyman

Here are a few of mine from the game. I'm not allowed display them on a public forum either.

Result was chronic but unfortunately Munster were never at the races. The trip to the final was as usual booked months ago so I'm going to head over anyway.

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CutzEr wrote: »

Great photo's, the jerseys really bring out the color in everything xD

Absolutely horribile result though.. Guess we have ourselves to blame -.-

Or y'know, Leinster, the team who beat you to blame.

Seeing as Munster Leinster flame wars aren't allowed in the rugby forum, I figured I'd start one here instead. I presume the mods are cool with that? :pac:

CutzEr

Will Tight Thunderstorm the Uncivil wrote: »

Or y'know, Leinster, the team who beat you to blame.

Seeing as Munster Leinster flame wars aren't allowed in the rugby forum, I figured I'd start one here instead. I presume the mods are cool with that? :pac:

Well, Leinster played better than Munster soo..

I'm actually from Leinster, I just moved to Munster.

So I don't care I win anyways. Mwhaha.

Paulw

Ballyman wrote: »

Here are a few of mine from the game.

Some great shots there.

An interesting day for photographs.

nilhg

How many of you guys are going to be pitchside for the final?

Blisterman

Here's some from the day. As you can probably guess, I'm a Leinster Supporter













The last one's a bit blurry, in full size, since I had literally 5 seconds to take my camera out, turn it on and shoot, but otherwise captured it at the right moment.

Morrisseeee

Some GREAT photos there by everyone, makes me jealous I wasn't there !
BUT.....what a result, FANTASTIC !

Paulw

nilhg wrote: »

How many of you guys are going to be pitchside for the final?

I'm going to apply. No idea yet if I'll get access or not.

Valentia

Great shots gang. I really like the human interest ones. It's hard to beat a show of emotion, of any kind.

Nisio

did anyone else think they spotted a lenster following boardsie celebrating a score on the tv footage?

Paulw

Oh yeah, spotted him alright. The clip is on Youtube and clearly shows some leinster man celebrating.

City-Exile

I'll get my pics up later.
I've been seriously unmotivated since the game.
Definitely not going to apply for the Final.
I've applied for the UEFA Champions League Final instead.

Valentia

Paulw wrote: »

Oh yeah, spotted him alright. The clip is on Youtube and clearly shows some leinster man celebrating.

He had taken the sunglasses off at that stage. Hadn't noticed Sexton's go at O'Gara before. What an idiot!

City-Exile

Ok, here are some of my shots from Saturday.
Sorry about the crap gallery, I'm up to my eyes with other stuff.
Link...

lenomark

i can see my self im the one with the blue jersey on

Trouser_Press

City-Exile wrote: »

Ok, here are some of my shots from Saturday.
Sorry about the crap gallery, I'm up to my eyes with other stuff.
Link...

Amazing photos City-Exile, just beautiful. No offence to the others linked on this thread, but you can tell you're the pro! Congratulations.

whyulittle

City-Exile wrote: »

Ok, here are some of my shots from Saturday.
Sorry about the crap gallery, I'm up to my eyes with other stuff.
Link...

psssst, it's been 2009 for the last little while.....

Paulw

City-Exile wrote: »

Ok, here are some of my shots from Saturday.

Some nice photos there. All the action was down your end of the pitch for most of the game, so easier to get more action shots. The only action I really saw were the tries.

City-Exile

Paulw wrote: »

All the action was down your end of the pitch for most of the game, so easier to get more action shots. The only action I really saw were the tries.

The pity for you was that they weren't very dramatic touchdowns.
Even the celebrations were a bit lame.
I thought I was doing you a favour by swapping with you at half-time.

Ballyman

City-Exile wrote: »

Even the celebrations were a bit lame.

Very lame altogether. Shows how nervous they were about getting beaten that they weren't able to express themselves more when they scored.

Morrisseeee

I wouldn't agree about the 'lame celebrations' and 'nervousness', I would have said that they were a VERY focussed team and not getting carried away with scoring a try, it would also show how hard they were working in the game to achieve the result, ie. kinda too tired (or not enough energy to waste) on celebrations !! IMHO !

Paulw

Guys, it's rugby, not football. There are generally no big celebrations in rugby when someone scores.

Dodgykeeper

I dont agree with Trouser Press that City's photos are any better than the others, in fact I think that PaulW's pictures are far superior to anything I have ever seen before, and Paul is such a wonderful kind and generous person as well as being extremly handsome!

( I owe him that cos he got me a ticket for the Match last saturday)

Paulw

Dodgykeeper wrote: »

I dont agree with Trouser Press that City's photos are any better than the others, in fact I think that PaulW's pictures are far superior to anything I have ever seen before, and Paul is such a wonderful kind and generous person as well as being extremly handsome!

Just a bit OTT. Especially the last bit.

City-Exile

Dodgykeeper wrote: »

( I owe him that cos he got me a ticket for the Match last saturday)

Paulw wrote: »

Just a bit OTT. Especially the last bit.

Ah now it all makes sense.
I was a bit confused when Paul said he made an old man very happy, by giving him his ticket!

Paulw

City-Exile wrote: »

Ah now it all makes sense.
I was a bit confused when Paul said he made an old man very happy, by giving him his ticket!

Twisting words now. I said that I made MY old man very happy. My father got my ticket, and another I had spare went to Fergus. :rolleyes:

Ok, back to the photography, please.

City-Exile

I'll go through the crowd shots tonight and stick them up on flickr.

Paulw

The crowd were brilliant. Plenty to photograph.

I just put through my accreditation request for the final in Edinburgh. Now I have to wait and see if it's approved.

Ballyman

Paulw wrote: »

I just put through my accreditation request for the final in Edinburgh. Now I have to wait and see if it's approved.

I hope you got a nice pic of yourself!!