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Celebrating this historic occasion in Munster's proud
rugby |
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tradition, by being the
only team to defeat the mighty All Black |
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touring
side of 1978, this print captures the euphoric |
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celebrations at the final whistle, with some key moments |
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and
individuals from the game itself. |
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The central
image shows the celebrating Moss
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Keane
flanked by try scorer Christy Cantillon, with Les |
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White on
his other side. Tony Ward, who converted the try, |
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and kicked
two drop goals on the day also features. |
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Brendan
Foley is also shown in the lineout against the All |
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Blacks
Andy Haden. The legendary Kiwi captain, Graham |
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Mourie, can
be seen in the lower left hand corner. Moving |
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across left
to right, shows Pat Whelan turning to celebrate
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after
Cantillon's try. Jimmy Bowen's great try making run is |
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shown
next, and Seamus Dennison's crunching tackle on Stu
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Wilson,
which was felt by everyone in Thomond Park, and |
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further
afield according to some, also features. Above this, |
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the All
Black Haka is performed before the game. The other |
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Munster players, Greg Barrett, captain Donal Canniffe,
Colm |
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Tucker,
Moss Finn, Seamus Dennison, Donal Spring, Larry |
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Moloney,
Gerry McLoughlin, and manager Tom Kiernan are |
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also
depicted. |
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This All
Black side had high hopes of going one better |
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than the
great Kiwi side of 1905 who had been beaten |
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only once on tour. Munster, by being the only side in
'78 to beat |
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them, put a
spoke in the works and prevented them from achieving |
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this rare
distinction. Munster played themselves into Irish |
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rugby
folklore forever. |
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Edition
of 380 Lithograph Prints, 64 by 45 cms. Each print has
been Numbered, |
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Embossed, Signed by the artist, and comes with a
Certificate of Authenticity. |
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