1949 Exhibition

[mad tan]

I just discovered a exhibition GAA game was played in Neath in 1949 Irish XV v English XV. Know its a long time ago but anyone any information on this. Who played, Who organised it, Who picked the teams. Who won was it ever played again.

[ONeill]

Do you know the month? Neath or Meath?

[armaghniac]

I'll bet you that all the English XV were entitled to Irish passports

[Itchy]

There were lots of those games at the time, a lot of them involved irish teams touring America and playing American teams too. Not sure about the details of this one though.

[rosnarun]

I'll bet you that all the English XV were entitled to Irish passports

it would be at a time when if a player went to england that would be the last you'd see of him, so the England team could have some great players on it