The Sunday Telegraph London, March 23rd, 2003
Let's get one thing straight. Next Sunday's seismic encounter between Ireland and England will be played out in a dump. Lansdowne Road is a disgrace, far and away the worst international stadium of the Six Nations and that includes Rome's Stadio Flaminio.
And, please, no guff about it being a romantic Dublin venue. All those Aussies and Kiwis who bang on lovingly about its accessibility, its passion, its earthiness know nothing. Lansdowne Road has about as much romance to it as a quick grope behind the bike sheds.
In the past it did not matter much. Wales, England, France and Scotland all ha...
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