The Heiniken Cup Final of Rugby. Between Biarritz (France) and Munster (Ireland) to crown the European Rugby Champion. Munster won, so things were CRAZY and really fun! http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-008/71140424_frwWF-Ti.jpg http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/gallery/1492126_cn3XL/ 2006-05-24T18:14:49Z Copyright 2010, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />the crowd</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140424_frwWF" title="the crowd"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-008/71140424_frwWF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="the crowd" title="the crowd" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T01:47:44Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-008/71140424_frwWF-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 08:59:14 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Dre watching the game</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140454_YCb8X" title="Dre watching the game"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-009/71140454_YCb8X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dre watching the game" title="Dre watching the game" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T01:48:56Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-009/71140454_YCb8X-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 08:59:19 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />After the 1st Irish try</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140486_KZ4gy" title="After the 1st Irish try"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-010/71140486_KZ4gy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After the 1st Irish try" title="After the 1st Irish try" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T20:46:50Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-010/71140486_KZ4gy-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:01:29 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />you really can't see the score...</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140530_YUkFB" title="you really can't see the score..."><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-015/71140530_YUkFB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="you really can't see the score..." title="you really can't see the score..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T01:49:58Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-015/71140530_YUkFB-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:15:11 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />More of the Crowd</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140556_eqDKs" title="More of the Crowd"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-016/71140556_eqDKs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="More of the Crowd" title="More of the Crowd" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T21:00:29Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-016/71140556_eqDKs-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:17:14 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a> </p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140580_zmGJV" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-017/71140580_zmGJV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T20:44:35Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-017/71140580_zmGJV-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:19:04 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />People popping up and cheering for another Irish try (by the way, a try is like a touchdown)</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140612_q9pA6" title="People popping up and cheering for another Irish try (by the way, a try is like a touchdown)"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-018/71140612_q9pA6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="People popping up and cheering for another Irish try (by the way, a try is like a touchdown)" title="People popping up and cheering for another Irish try (by the way, a try is like a touchdown)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T16:41:00Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-018/71140612_q9pA6-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:31:45 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Some dude being thrown around by his friends after the try (pretty funny to watch, they had him flipped upside down at one point)</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140704_tjwAK" title="Some dude being thrown around by his friends after the try (pretty funny to watch, they had him flipped upside down at one point)"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-020/71140704_tjwAK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Some dude being thrown around by his friends after the try (pretty funny to watch, they had him flipped upside down at one point)" title="Some dude being thrown around by his friends after the try (pretty funny to watch, they had him flipped upside down at one point)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T14:57:36Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-020/71140704_tjwAK-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:31:56 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a> </p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140729_9zLrR" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-021/71140729_9zLrR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T15:50:03Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-021/71140729_9zLrR-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:32:02 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Celebrating a good kick</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140766_Ws9Ht" title="Celebrating a good kick"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-022/71140766_Ws9Ht-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Celebrating a good kick" title="Celebrating a good kick" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T18:04:10Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-022/71140766_Ws9Ht-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:33:01 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />After another Irish try</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140784_KbT79" title="After another Irish try"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-023/71140784_KbT79-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After another Irish try" title="After another Irish try" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T21:23:27Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-023/71140784_KbT79-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:33:08 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Singing the Munster theme song</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140835_Kkn2j" title="Singing the Munster theme song"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-025/71140835_Kkn2j-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Singing the Munster theme song" title="Singing the Munster theme song" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T20:37:57Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-025/71140835_Kkn2j-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 09:56:29 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />During a break in the game they showed the streets of Limerick (the sporting center of Munster), the place was packed like a can of red sardines.</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140861_JZxZz" title="During a break in the game they showed the streets of Limerick (the sporting center of Munster), the place was packed like a can of red sardines."><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-027/71140861_JZxZz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="During a break in the game they showed the streets of Limerick (the sporting center of Munster), the place was packed like a can of red sardines." title="During a break in the game they showed the streets of Limerick (the sporting center of Munster), the place was packed like a can of red sardines." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T20:58:17Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-027/71140861_JZxZz-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:20:08 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Celebrating another good kick</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140919_9cmjY" title="Celebrating another good kick"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-029/71140919_9cmjY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Celebrating another good kick" title="Celebrating another good kick" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T21:24:28Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-029/71140919_9cmjY-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:22:08 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Jumping up for the last Munster try</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140943_4JFyg" title="Jumping up for the last Munster try"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-030/71140943_4JFyg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Jumping up for the last Munster try" title="Jumping up for the last Munster try" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T21:15:40Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-030/71140943_4JFyg-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:34:48 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a> </p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71140977_tNVfZ" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-031/71140977_tNVfZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T20:58:42Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-031/71140977_tNVfZ-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:34:52 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />and the last Munster kick</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141048_jchv6" title="and the last Munster kick"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-034/71141048_jchv6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="and the last Munster kick" title="and the last Munster kick" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T21:27:53Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-034/71141048_jchv6-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:37:30 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />The tense last few minutes, when it got REALLY close (no joke, Biaritzz almost won)</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141093_LReXH" title="The tense last few minutes, when it got REALLY close (no joke, Biaritzz almost won)"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-035/71141093_LReXH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The tense last few minutes, when it got REALLY close (no joke, Biaritzz almost won)" title="The tense last few minutes, when it got REALLY close (no joke, Biaritzz almost won)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T21:14:01Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-035/71141093_LReXH-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:37:36 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />People flying to the cieling after the Munster win!!!!!</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141129_zzY3S" title="People flying to the cieling after the Munster win!!!!!"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-037/71141129_zzY3S-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="People flying to the cieling after the Munster win!!!!!" title="People flying to the cieling after the Munster win!!!!!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T17:57:56Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-037/71141129_zzY3S-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:45:46 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Everyone was standing on tables cheering and trying to see what was going on on the screen</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141168_79Hp2" title="Everyone was standing on tables cheering and trying to see what was going on on the screen"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-038/71141168_79Hp2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Everyone was standing on tables cheering and trying to see what was going on on the screen" title="Everyone was standing on tables cheering and trying to see what was going on on the screen" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T15:01:52Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-038/71141168_79Hp2-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:45:51 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />People stacked on the tables</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141209_6tfP5" title="People stacked on the tables"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-039/71141209_6tfP5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="People stacked on the tables" title="People stacked on the tables" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T21:22:59Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-039/71141209_6tfP5-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:45:57 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a> </p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141256_GtC9U" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-040/71141256_GtC9U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" title="Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T21:09:31Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-040/71141256_GtC9U-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:47:40 <p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com">Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison)</a><br />Geeske & Dre trying to get a look at the Heiniken Cup</p><p><a href="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/1492126_cn3XL#71141291_4YHBt" title="Geeske & Dre trying to get a look at the Heiniken Cup"><img src="http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-041/71141291_4YHBt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Geeske & Dre trying to get a look at the Heiniken Cup" title="Geeske & Dre trying to get a look at the Heiniken Cup" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T18:37:27Z Allison Shantz (TravelingAllison) http://travelingallison.smugmug.com http://travelingallison.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-so-much-better-than/The-Big-Match/rugby-game-041/71141291_4YHBt-Th.jpg 2006-05-20 10:47:49