Press response to CL Petition. PRESS RELEASE 13 July 2015. TRASHorfield notes the judgement made by. And will be monitoring developments closely. In a fitting and proportional way. Given its war memorial status and residential setting. The Memorial Ground is not a brownfield site. It is a sport heritage site, laden with rugby .

During the Great War hundreds of Irish rugby players joined the British Army and lost their lives in the mud of France and Flanders and in the heat of Gallipoli. A generation of sporting heroes died and their number also included soccer players, GAA stars, hockey internationals, cricketers and athletes. Even though France were relative newcomers to the recently formed Five Nations Championship, the expectation of a h.