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 Charlie Knox26, m, resident of spa, northern ireland, a thinker, who tries to be real, enjoys the company of nala(left), indebted to jesus for his grace and instruction in life and whose, amongst other things, studying sports science at UUJ. enjoy rugby a whole lot! |
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Monday, April 06, 2009 It was written!!! Mel and I managed to squeeze in a wee visit to the cinema on Saturday night to see Slumdog Millionaire. I expected the cinema to be half empty because the film was released quite a while ago but it was packed out which in itself is an indicator of this movie's success. We both really enjoyed it. It's the story of one young man's immeasurable success when all the odds were magnificently stacked against him. Indeed the chances of such success were so minute the only suitable explanation was that 'it was written.' And didn't it feel exactly the same less than 24 hours later when the Hinch, our wee club in Co. Down, in no uncertain terms became All Ireland Champions after dethroning multiple cup winners, Cork Constitution in a outstanding game in Athlone. I will never forget it. The route to the final was unimaginably hard. To get there the boys had to knock over several kingpins of Irish Rugby including Shannon in the second round, Galwegians in the quarters and Garryowen in an unforgettable semi final in front of a capacity crowd at Ballymacarn. Just being in the final was an incredible feat but at lunchtime yesterday the big question was could there be a fairytale ending? Could the boys really do it and dispose of another legendary Irish team, Cork Con? Before the game it seemed like the whole of Ballynahinch had migrated to Athlone. A pile of buses had transported the army of Green and Navy supporters to the centre of Ireland to will on their team on to victory in these unimaginable circumstances!! The buzz was good, the Co Down. men and women were enjoying being on tour and the boys, again tagged as the underdogs, had nothing to lose.  As the game kicked off it soon became apparent that the Hinch, bouyed by the crowd and comfortable playing into the strong wind were in no way intimidated by their famous opposition. In fact when they scored a converted try to take the lead about two thirds into the first half it felt like the odds were beginning to slowly swing their way and they were in fact the team to beat. And so it went on. A halftime lead of 7-6 and playing with the wind in the second half, Hinch dominating posession and territory as second half unfolded, Turnover after Turnover, domination of the collisions leading to both the influential Con. halfbacks having to leave the field and then in the dying minutes a superb John Gunson try to put the game beyond the reach of Con. Just unbelivable! And didn't we dance and shout and scream and hug on the sidelines. I don't believe I've had such a feeling of ecstacy in a long, long time. The boys had done it and done it in superb fashion! The pitch was invaded soon afterwards and the boys were enveloped by the travelling Hinch support. And so began the celebrations....more hugs, more songs, more and lots more jubilation. What a result, what a day! It was written.For full report click here. posted by charlie | 3:41 PM | |
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