Well, my fab February and monster March was f'king awesome however I was straight into exam season so only writing this up now... however, I shall continue!

8th March 2008 - Murrayfield Edinburgh, Scotland vs. England. Scotland 15 - 9 England - CASHBACK!! Capital banter indeed. Andy and myself headed to the national stadium and had a brilliant day. Managed to somehow avoid the intermittant torrential rain in Edinburgh, got ourselves slightly sozzled and of course, the game was just brilliant to witness!

9th March 2008 - Dawson Park, Dundee; Scottish University Sport Gaelic Football Championships. Not a bad wee afternoon this. Abertay, Glasgow Caley, Stirling and Edinburgh came along to compete for the Scottish 'B' Football Championship. We started off against Stirling and played really well. I pulled a few good saves, we turned over the points to face Edinburgh in the final. However, call-offs and injuries put paid to the whole contest as we created an Aberling/Stabertay mixed team to play Edinburgh. We lost the game something like 1-12 to 1-6. Afterwards, watched the senior final between RGU and Napier which RGU won.

15th March 2008 - St. Patrick's Night and 6 Nations Finale, Dundee. "Paddie's is on the 15th ya spas"! Messy as f'k day. Obviously the whole GAA crew and all their crews were out in the Arctic for this one. Scotland lost to an Italian drop goal and I was ko'd by 5pm, went to bed for 2 hours, woke up with a hangover and went straight back out. Messy, messy times!...

22nd March 2008 - Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands; Strathspey RFC vs. Stobswell RFC. The World Tour's extension into Shinty Country took in an absolute farce of a game against Strathspey. We lost in about 2 inches of snow... joke of a match. My eyes were burning for the sun's glare off the ground. Scored a penalty and a conversion and then a fantastic bus journey followed. Great end to a great month and a half!

Roll on World Tour 2009!

Should maybe have wrote this up a little earlier, like before the start of the month but anyway...

3rd February 2008 - Edinburgh, Scotland v France. Booked this ticket and headed down with Andy. Absolutely stinking game from a Scots point of view and the stadium was absolutely BALTIC... but a good experience nonetheless. I enjoyed myself watching the French enjoy themselves!!

6th February 2008 - Dundee, Abertay University v Dundee University, Tay Games Intervarsity Challenge. Played in the Gaelic football match against that filthy lot across Perth Road and got a right doing over! What's that they say, it's the taking part that counts? Well anyway, fairly true as they put something like 28 points past us and we scored 5! Also Dundee Uni won the Varsity tournament 7-3... Good laugh, I think...

7th - 11th February 2008 - Treherbert, Wales; Treherbert RFC vs. Stobswell RFC and Wales vs. Scotland. Quite possibly the best weekends banter I've ever had! Went down to the vallies to play Treherbert in an awesome match and enjoyed their brilliant hospitality for the weekend. On the Saturday, head over to Cardiff for the match and the awesome atmosphere at the Millenium Stadium! Awesome 10-hour bus trip back home and straight into Fat Sams... SCRUM DOWN!!!

17th February 2008 - Dawson Park, Dundee; Abertay Uni GAA vs. Stirling Uni GAA. Thought I should mention this, as despite us losing this challenge I made a clean sheet and one wonder save, Yeah however...

And for the rest of the tour...

22nd - 24th February - Birmingham & Midlands, England; Abertay Uni GAA at the BUSA Gaelic Football Championships. Abertay GAA head to the Midlands to compete in the BUSA Gaelic football Championships. Teams in our group include Aston, Sheffield Hallam/Sheffield, Huddersfield (last year's finalists) and Cambridge. We're competing for the Plate but it'll be a massive GAA piss-up, full-stop! N.B. Scotland play Ireland on the same weekend...

8th March 2008 - Edinburgh, Scotland vs. England. Only game of the 6 Nations that counts really doesn't it. Heading to Murrayfield for some capital banter!

9th March 2008 - Dawson Park, Dundee; Scottish University Sport Gaelic Football Championships. Abertay GAA's last real chance for some silverware as we take on Glasgow Caledonian Uni, Stirling Uni and Edinburgh Uni in Dundee for the SUS Gaelic football B Championship. Following that is the 'A' Champinship final between Napier Uni and RGU. Then all off to the Arctic Bar to drink to our efforts!

15th March 2008 - St. Patrick's Night and 6 Nations Finale, Dundee. The Roman Catholic Church moves back St. Patrick's to the same day as the 6 Nations last day, how very nice of them! Well, it'll be probably the biggest night in Dundee so a good way to round off a helluva month!

22nd March 2008 - Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands; Strathspey RFC vs. Stobswell RFC. The World Tour is further extended to Shinty Country where Strathspey will be the hosts to what will be a memorable game to precede a memorable (or not) night!

I woke in the night with a fever,
And the sky was the darkest blue (blue sky),
And a still small voice was calling to me, (your country is needing you)

Aye just like that!

And away in the distance,
I can just make out this ball coming in from the left,
And I'm starting to run,
To run like hell,
And the voice is getting louder and louder and louder,
Crying "Hiy, big yin, GAUN YERSEL",

I have a dream (we have a dream),
If dreams come true (if dreams come true),
Then Bonnie Scotland (then Bonnie Scotland),
I'd play for you, (we'll play for you)
I hope and pray, (I hope and pray)
That if I do, (that if we do)
Then Bonnie Scotland,
We'd score the winning goal for you,

Then the next thing I know,
Someone's gone and tripped me,
And I've fallen,
Just inside the box (that's-a penalty),
The ref, he looks to his linesman,
And he's pointing straight at the spot!
And John Robertson, who normally takes them,
Is handing the ball to me! (you don't say)
Then I hear my old lady screaming blue murder...
She's sayin,
"That's no the ball you're kickin', you eejit...
IT'S ME!!!"

I have a dream...