Ten years since Horgan's famous try in Croke Park

Ten years ago today, many ghosts were laid to rest at Croke Park, as Ireland and England met in the Six Nations tournament, and Shane Horgan, a Meath man not unfamilar with GAA pitches, scored a famous try that ensured that the game was gone beyond the reach of the visitors.
It was a day of high emotion, no more in evidence than during the playing of the national anthems on the hallowed turf that meant so much to Irishmen, and had seen a bloody British massacre on a notorious Sunday in 1920.
Now, with Lansdowne Road closed for redevelopment, Croke Park had been opened up to the oval ball - and was also to host soccer internationals - and the aul' enemy, England, was being faced at Jones Road once again.
The home side had won one and lost won, having conceded a last minute try to France in Round 2. England arrived to Dublin looking to make it three wins from three, having already beaten Scotland and Italy.
'A rather lusty rendition of God Save the Queen,' commentator Tom McGurk said of the first anthem played that day, in honour of the British monarch.
'But Ireland might just have the edge on them when it comes to the anthem.'
How right he was, as the stadium belted out 'Amhran na bhFiann', and the Bull Hayes cried his way through it. Jerry Flannery was jumping in tense anticipation as 'Ireland's Call' reverberated around the stadium. You could feel this was one match we weren't going to lose.
And one of the greatest Irish rugby teams of all time had no intention of losing.
The match began as a clash of the fly-halfs, as both Jonny Wilkinson and Ronan O'Gara traded penalties. The first try came after sustained pressure from Ireland. Peter Stringer fired the ball wide and with some fantastic handling from both Gordon D'Arcy and Brian O'Driscoll, Girvan Dempsey went over. David Wallace followed up with Ireland's second try, powering over from short.
England hit back in the second half, with winger David Strettle barging his way over in the corner after some nice hands from Mathew Tait and Josh Lewsey.
Then, Ireland scored what is now regarded as one of its iconic tries when Bellewstown man and Leinster player Horgan was on the end of a fabulous cross-field kick from O'Gara with the winger jumping highest in the contest with Lewsey.
Ireland scored their fourth and final try when sub scrum-half Isaac Boss intercepted a pass from the back of a scrum to run 40m under the posts, scoring his first ever international try. The match ended 26-13 for Ireland.
Speaking on RTE this morning, where he is now a regular rugby pundit, Horgan it was a brilliant occasion, which was more than sport.
'It was when social history crossed into sport,' he said. 'That's what made it such a phenomenal day.'
'It'll live long in the memory, was fantastic for everyone involved.'
He added that his parents had a framed photo of the famous try in their home.