Where to Watch the Heineken Cup Final in NYC

By Ted on Friday, May 20, 2011
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All the marbles -- a rather painful analogy when discussing rugby, since people's nuts get grabbed often in scrums -- in European rugby are on the line on May 21, when the Northampton Saints (last appeared in the finals in 2000) collide with Leinster (won it all in 2009) in the Heinken Cup Final. The game will be played at Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales -- we've never been there, but it looks pretty bad-ass, set on the water and all that. It can seat 74,500 and is expected to go above that figure for this dance (again, an awkward analogy).

We could go on and discuss the various players on each side, or how the winner may secure a berth in the next Heineken Cup for one of three other teams, or link the Northampton Saints song (there doesn't actually appear to be an official one, via YouTube), but we shan't. Rather, there's this: grab some beers (not Heineken, that's weird), saddle up, and watch a bunch of really ripped dudes violently grab at each other for a few hours, all with cutaways of an impassioned fan base singing and screaming. There are far worse ways to spend Saturday (which, coincidentally, is the end of the world).