RTÉ Archives | Sports | Last Stand For Lansdowne Road
Some 48,000 rugby supporters attended Lansdowne Road to witness the last ever fixture at the stadium before it is demolished and redeveloped. The match between Leinster and Ulster was almost incidental compared to the occasion, but for senior security supervisors Jimmy and Robert Watts the event held extra significance as it brought a long family tradition with the stadium to an end. Jimmy first started working at the stadium in 1955 when he sold programmes and his younger brother Robert joined him a few years later. Jimmy is proud to relate there is 70 years of unbroken at the stadium servi...
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