On Wednesday 16th May we left Clontibret N.S. at 7am and 2 hours later we were at the Aviva Stadium. We registered and trained on the astro pitch outside the Aviva. We went through the players’ entrance and our name was called out when we walked onto the pitch. We got a picture with Paul O’Connell. We played our 1st match and then got a tour of the dressing rooms. We got sitting on the players seats. We came back to the pitch and played our last two matches. After that the girls had their photo taken with Leah Lyons who plays for the Irish Women’s Team.
All the schools sat together and Paul O’Connell was interviewed and said he was very impressed with our standard of play. Each school got a framed team photo with Paul O’Connell. We really enjoyed our day and were delighted we were picked to go to the Aviva. It was a day we will never forget.
On our way home we stopped at Apple Green and had something to eat. We were tired when we got back to Clontibret but we would not have missed the excitement of our day in the Aviva.
By Luke Lowey
