Brilliant match!!
by Sesy on 3/16/16Red Bull Arena - HarrisonWhat a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, watching the first Premiership rugby match outside of the U.K., London Irish versus Saracens, at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, USA!! We arrived with plenty of time before the match to soak in the atmosphere and surroundings of this fantastic stadium and although it wasn't a capacity crowd we were treated to 80 minutes of excitement and at half-time the match could have gone either way! The luck wasn't with the Irish this particular day and Saracens proved to be the slightly stronger of the two teams and won quite convincingly in the end. Hopefully this Premiership match will be the first of many played away from the U.K. and the American fans in the stadium would have had their eyes opened to the game of Rugby Union, even if they didn't understand all the rules! It was great to see children playing a short match at half-time and obviously enjoying themselves - perhaps they will have been inspired by all the players themselves!