North terrace remains closed for Australia and Romania
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North terrace remains closed for Australia and Romania
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Kieran
Rooney
EVERYTHING will be on the table when the management committee of the IRFU meet to discuss where they will play their Six Nations Championship matches.
Not only is Croke Park a possibility but there is also the chance of Ireland playing at least two of the Six Nations home matches, against Wales and Scotland, away.
Increasingly, it is looking as if the the opening Six Nations match against Italy on February 4 could be the only home encounter to go ahead at Lansdowne Road.
With the problem relating to the closure of the North Terrace unlikely to go away, the IRFU can't continue to go on haemorrhaging money, believed to be around the €500,000 mark for the three November tests.
There are also question marks over the insurance cover at Lansdowne Road.
The obvious
difficulty is that
there is no point in
the IRFU pumping
money into a
stadium that is due
to be rebuilt.
It's worth pointing
out that the far
bigger South Terrace
also has to be checked annually, and get a two-year clearance certificate, as does the North Terrace.
Quite simply, the ground is decaying and the IRFU can't risk having someone injured, or even killed.
So, the next step would seem to be to either move to Croke Park, or, if that isn't feasible, play the Six Nations games away.
Because of the loss of revenue with the North Terrace closed, it doesn't make financial sense to play the games against Wales on February 26 and Scotland on March 11 at Lansdowne Road.
The Italian match is another matter in that it would not draw a capacity attendance anyway.
The IRFU Management Committee were due to have an informal meeting last night to discuss the situation.
Rooney
EVERYTHING will be on the table when the management committee of the IRFU meet to discuss where they will play their Six Nations Championship matches.
Not only is Croke Park a possibility but there is also the chance of Ireland playing at least two of the Six Nations home matches, against Wales and Scotland, away.
Increasingly, it is looking as if the the opening Six Nations match against Italy on February 4 could be the only home encounter to go ahead at Lansdowne Road.
With the problem relating to the closure of the North Terrace unlikely to go away, the IRFU can't continue to go on haemorrhaging money, believed to be around the €500,000 mark for the three November tests.
There are also question marks over the insurance cover at Lansdowne Road.
The obvious
difficulty is that
there is no point in
the IRFU pumping
money into a
stadium that is due
to be rebuilt.
It's worth pointing
out that the far
bigger South Terrace
also has to be checked annually, and get a two-year clearance certificate, as does the North Terrace.
Quite simply, the ground is decaying and the IRFU can't risk having someone injured, or even killed.
So, the next step would seem to be to either move to Croke Park, or, if that isn't feasible, play the Six Nations games away.
Because of the loss of revenue with the North Terrace closed, it doesn't make financial sense to play the games against Wales on February 26 and Scotland on March 11 at Lansdowne Road.
The Italian match is another matter in that it would not draw a capacity attendance anyway.
The IRFU Management Committee were due to have an informal meeting last night to discuss the situation.
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