I was covering the 1st game of rugby at the new Aviva Stadium at Lansdowne road, Dublin for The Examiner yesterday. The game was between Combined Provinces Match, Leinster / Ulster v Munster / Connacht, (Under 20/Development Teams). At 68-0, or 62-zip as our American friends might say, was certainly a whitewash.
Nice stadium with the most up-to-date facilities, apart from pitchside wi-fi, which we all know isn't the most reliable anywhere, they have 15 internet/lan plugin connections at each end of the pitch, just be advised to bring your own extended CAT-5 cable as the ones at the pitch are a little short.
The pitchside viewpoint is very nice for photos, slanted just nicely down, although you still get soaked, as do spectators.
Managed to get a shot of the historic first try being scored by Leinster/Ulster's Craig Gilroy:
