England Legends vs Ireland Legends- The Stoop Friday 26 Feb

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010:02:26:23:37:45 by The Prof.

From a Quins point of view Jason Leonard, Alex Codling, Rory Jenkins, Nick Greenstock, Dan Luger and Billy Davison will be playing for England and Paul Burke will be playing for England

Obviously I meant Burkey would be playing for Ireland - perhaps it just his accent and place of birth that confused me

Prof - thanks for putting that up.

I have sent you a PM, as the team information has changed, since that release went out.

Trevor Brennan is not playing, Jason Robinson is!
Ireland
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Shane Byrne, Leinster, Ireland, British and Irish Lions - Captain

Jonathan Bell Northampton, Ireland

Justin Bishop London Irish, Ireland

Paul Burke Leicester Tigers, Ireland

David Corkery Munster, Bristol, Ireland

Reggie Corrigan Leinster, Ireland

Victor Costello Leinster, Ireland

Kieron Dawson London Irish, Ireland

Len Dineen Munster, Ireland

Maurice Field Ulster, Ireland

Gabriel Fulcher Lansdowne, Ireland

Gary Halpin London Irish, Ireland

Rob Henderson Wasps, Ireland, British & Irish Lions

Niall Hogan Leinster, Ireland

Anthony Horgan Munster, Ireland

Tyrone Howe Ulster, Ireland, British & Irish Lions

David Humphreys Ulster, Ireland

Paddy Johns Ulster, Saracens, Ireland

Stanley McDowell Ulster, Ireland A

Kevin Maggs Bristol, Ireland

Eric Miller Leinster, Ireland, British & Irish Lions

John O Neil Munster, Ireland

Liam Toland Munster, Ireland A

Andy Ward Ulster, Ireland


ENGLAND
_______
Martin Corry, Leicester Tigers, England, British and Irish Lions - Captain

Matt Allen Northampton, England A

Garath Archer Bristol, England

Alex Bennett Saracens, England A

Neil Back Leicester Tigers, England, British & Irish Lions

Richard Cockerill Leicester Tigers, England

Alex Codling Montpellier , England

Bill Davison Harlequins, England A

Mark Denny Wasps, England A

Mike Friday Wasps, England 7’s

Darren Garforth Leicester Tigers, England

Paul Grayson Northampton Saints, England, British & Irish Lion

Will Green Wasps, England

Nick Greenstock London Irish, England

Phil Greening Wasps, England, British & Irish Lions

Rory Jenkins Harlequins. England

Jason Leonard Harlequins, England, British & Irish Lion

Josh Lewsey Wasps, England, British & Irish Lions

Dan Luger Rugby Nice Cote d’Azur, England, British & Irish Lions

Matt Perry Bath, England, British & Irish Lions

Mark Regan Bristol, England, British & Irish Lions

Jason Robinson Sale Sharks, England, British & Irish Lions

Shane Roiser London Wasps, England U21, England 7’s

Tim Stimpson Leicester Tigers, England, British & Irish Lions

For those who were worried that Trevor Brennan would be playing he won't be now

Firstly, the teams, as they stand at the moment.

Ireland
_______
Shane Byrne, Leinster, Ireland, British and Irish Lions - Captain

Jonathan Bell Northampton, Ireland

Justin Bishop London Irish, Ireland

Paul Burke Leicester Tigers, Ireland

David Corkery Munster, Bristol, Ireland

Reggie Corrigan Leinster, Ireland

Victor Costello Leinster, Ireland

Kieron Dawson London Irish, Ireland

Len Dineen Munster, Ireland

Maurice Field Ulster, Ireland

Gabriel Fulcher Lansdowne, Ireland

Gary Halpin London Irish, Ireland

Rob Henderson Wasps, Ireland, British & Irish Lions

Niall Hogan Leinster, Ireland

Anthony Horgan Munster, Ireland

Tyrone Howe Ulster, Ireland, British & Irish Lions

David Humphreys Ulster, Ireland

Paddy Johns Ulster, Saracens, Ireland

Stanley McDowell Ulster, Ireland A

Kevin Maggs Bristol, Ireland

Eric Miller Leinster, Ireland, British & Irish Lions

John O Neil Munster, Ireland

Liam Toland Munster, Ireland A

Andy Ward Ulster, Ireland


ENGLAND
_______
Martin Corry, Leicester Tigers, England, British and Irish Lions - Captain

Matt Allen Northampton, England A

Garath Archer Bristol, England

Alex Bennett Saracens, England A

Neil Back Leicester Tigers, England, British & Irish Lions

Richard Cockerill Leicester Tigers, England

Alex Codling Montpellier , England

Bill Davison Harlequins, England A

Mark Denny Wasps, England A

Mike Friday Wasps, England 7’s

Darren Garforth Leicester Tigers, England

Paul Grayson Northampton Saints, England, British & Irish Lion

Will Green Wasps, England

Nick Greenstock London Irish, England

Phil Greening Wasps, England, British & Irish Lions

Rory Jenkins Harlequins. England

Jason Leonard Harlequins, England, British & Irish Lion

Josh Lewsey Wasps, England, British & Irish Lions

Dan Luger Rugby Nice Cote d’Azur, England, British & Irish Lions

Matt Perry Bath, England, British & Irish Lions

Mark Regan Bristol, England, British & Irish Lions

Jason Robinson Sale Sharks, England, British & Irish Lions

Shane Roiser London Wasps, England U21, England 7’s

Tim Stimpson Leicester Tigers, England, British & Irish Lions


The good news is that the west stand at the Stoop is now sold out, and the east stand has been opened up.

Tickets available from the Quins ticket line, or the Legends site.

If you're going to Twickenham the next day, why not try to make it an all-nighter at the Stoop?

I got in nice and early to book my tickets and I chose two seats in the Etihad on the half-way line, about eight or ten rows back.

The tickets arrive a few days later and they are marked as "Un-reserved". Does this mean I am going to have to go early with a couple of towels to reserve the seats I paid for, or should I resign myself to having a view of the corner flag if I want a beer?

Not impressed and the club's phone system makes me lose the will to live...

GQG.

GQG - the game is unreserved seating, so you can sit where you like. So probably good to get there early with beachtowels at the ready...

It does state on the website when purchasing the tickets that the seating is unreserved - its a pain but should be a great event

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It does state on the website when purchasing the tickets that the seating is unreserved - its a pain but should be a great event

I didn't spot that but the website did let me choose my seats... Oh well!

See y'all there...

GQG.

GQG - I agree it is rather peculiar to allow you to select the seat for unallocated matches, but I suppose it is either that or have to re engineer the ticket site.

Apologies - I got the stands the wrong way round. East stand full, west stand open, and centre section already nearly full.

Barney1 it's unreserved seating.

I know, but look at the stadium plan. They're doing it block by block. Centre section of west stand shows limited availability. The next one has good availability. And so on, and so forth.

Since we only really started selling after Christmas, we've filled the east in a month, and we now have four weeks and a day to fill the west - and maybe even open up one of the others!

Do you multicoloured types know if the most excellent beer tent behind the North stand will be in operation for this match? Bit of an incentive to get there early if so.

For some reason I thought Keith Wood was going to be playing too.

Tigergeezer - I assume you mean the Quins Head behind the South Stand. If they open the South then I'm sure it will.

QUIN KONG

Did I see my old mate Harvey Thorneycroft on a list somewhere?

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Tigergeezer - I assume you mean the Quins Head behind the South Stand. If they open the South then I'm sure it will.

Ahem. Yes, of course I meant the South Stand, just testing to see if you were awake, honest.

Although it might be as well not to ask me for directions unless you want to go in the opposite direction from your destination..,..

Actually, we're pretty good at doing that ourselves sometimes....! Look forward to welcoming you all to a decent pint (or two)....

The game's afoot;
Follow your spirit: and upon this charge,
Cry — God for Harry! England and Saint George

BTTT

As of close of play yesterday, we'd sold 8,911 tickets and 450 corporate packages. Weather forecast for tomorrow evening looks quite promising, so the big anticipated walk-up should get us over 10,000.

Final team lineups are as follows:

IRELAND
Reggie Corrigan

Shane Byrne

Jonathan Bell

Rob Henderson

Andy Ward

Kieron Dawson

Liam Toland

John O Neil

Anthony Horgan

Justin Bishop

Len Dineen

Niall Hogan

Paul Burke

Stanley Mcdowell

Gary Halpin

Kevin Maggs

David Corkery

Paddy Johns

Maurice Field

Mick Galway

James Topping

Chris Saverimutto

Colm Rigney




ENGLAND

Jason Leonard

Darren Garforth

Kevin Yates

Richard Cockerill

Mark Regan

Garath Archer

Alex Codling

Martin Corry

Rory Jenkins

Mike Friday

Paul Grayson

Nick Greenstock

Matt Allen

Tim Stimpson

Matt Perry

Dan Luger

Harvey Thorneycroft

Bill Davison

Alex Bennett

Will Green

Derek Jelley

Ben Clarke

Jason Robinson
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Referee: Spreaders

Excellent. Looking forward to it. I've got 14 people coming along. Should be a good evening.

Can't wait! Let's hope that the majority of those listed for both sides get onto the pitch. Will be lovely to see Spreaders too.

I do hope that the Man with the Music at the Stoop has located the 'We love you Burkey' music for the occasion . . . just in case!

Sky are promoting the game, on tonight's Rugby Club. They're also sending a crew down to film it, and something will be shown on next week's programme.

Mad Max will be announcing (with some help from me), so I think the music would be his call!

Just as long as he's not playing the fields of Athenry.

Think we have enough to see off this lot though!

The game's afoot;
Follow your spirit: and upon this charge,
Cry — God for Harry! England and Saint George

I think there'll be enough of us Irish supporters there to sing "The Fields" without any help.

Great piece in today's Irish Indy.

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Think we have enough to see off this lot though!

Deadly, we've got no chance of winning the match or the singing contest.

Right, that's it then! I'm sure I have a half cousin 15 times removed who once kissed the Blarney Stone so for tonight I am going to be Irish! Bit like a lot of the fans on Sunday then......





The game's afoot;
Follow your spirit: and upon this charge,
Cry — God for Harry! England and Saint George

Great night and a half decent game. Seriously wonder who was planning the bar service though. With 11,000 in the ground and plenty of those intent on having a drink after the game the East Stand Bar was the only one open and completely blocked.

It was a much better game than I expected to be honest.

And it was a lot of fun too - Mad Max was great on the mike

It was great to see some of the Quins greats back on the pitch again.

Here's hoping it raised loads of money for the very worthy charities

Hear hear!!!

Ditto Prof. I hope that Nick Greenstock wasn't too badly broken. He looked to be in discomfort when he went off.

really good turn out and I hope lots of money was raised for 3 very good causes.

It was a good evening, half decent game (Jason Robinson can still play!) and amazing turnout. As for Max, hearing the familiar voice my son asked whether he lives at the Stoop! Well, in a manner of speaking I suppose the answer is yes.

The attendance was 10,863, and we think we've raised between £175,000 and £200,000, which is just fantastic.

Many thanks to all who were there last night, and to everyone at Quins, who were fantastic hosts.

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Jason Robinson can still play!

It's only been a couple of years since he was playing in the premiership... he certainly does still have it!

I also thought there must have been more than one Martin Corry on the pitch- he was everywhere.

GQG.

and the score was??

Great cause, great teams, great match. Bad hangover.

"Ministry of Defence by choice, UK Trade & Investment by Prime Ministerial Decree"

England 15 Ireland 17, Robinson got 2 tries for England and Justin Bishop got 2 for Ireland, couldn't hear who got the other 2 tries, I think Matt Allen may have got the other English try.

Hope Greenstock is ok he didn't look too good coming off clutching his arm.

BTW, big-up to the Quins for hosting this. Right place, right ground.

Brosie @ LI

That was a beezer evening. Only downer was no Quin's Head. BTW, I saw a bloke going by with "quin Kong" on the back of his shirt - presumably the Quin Kong of these boards?

yup twas I.

QUIN KONG

It was a good evening but the bar service was abysmal. 20 minutes in the members bar during the first half to get 3 pints of bitter.

All four stands open. No Quins Head. Members Bar closed after half time and only the centre East stand bar open at full time.

QUIN KONG

robinson is still so good. both of his tries were classic solo efforts. bishop looked good too. sat next to a bloke shouting at the ref all first half and berating england for pretty much everything, generally getting far too angry. think he slightly missed the point of the evening. very enjoyable game though. leonard must have loved the reception he got every time he trundled back on

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