First ever College League American Football game to be played outside of the United States was played at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, between Boston College and West Point.
Report shows pre-match warm up with bands and majorettes and balloons.
Extract from game.
Crowd doing the Mexican wave including Taánaiste, Brian Lenihan and Minister for Tourism and Transport, John Wilson.
American football players on the sideline of the pitch.
Faces in the crowd including Senator Ted Kennedy.
Vox pop interviews with members of thecrowd on the game.
Interview with Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich.
Interview with an Tanaiste Brian Lenihan, and the Mayor of Boston, Raymond ‘Ray’ Flynn.
The reporter is Charlie Bird.
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