Guinness Draught Can Hotshot Kicks For Glory And IRFU Charitable Trust
Guinness Draught Can, Official Beer to the Irish Rugby Team, have given one lucky rugby fan the chance to etch his name into the record books along side such great kickers as Campbell & Ward
Ronan O’Gara will not be the only one kicking for glory on Saturday when Ireland take on Italy in the RBS Six Nations Championship at
Lansdowne Road.
Courtesy of Guinness Draught Can, Official Beer to the Irish Rugby Team, one lucky rugby fan has been given the chance to etch his name into the record books along side such great Irish kickers as Campbell, Ward, Humphreys and O’Gara in a bid to become the Guinness Draught Can Hotshot.
Rugby fan Gerard Flanagan from Glasnevin, Dublin will be given three
attempts to kick at goal and for each successful kick that is
converted by
Mr. Flanagan, he will win 1,000 for himself, plus 1,000 for the IRFU
Charitable Trust for injured rugby players.
But, the charity will not be left out of pocket even if Gerard is off
target. For each unsuccessful kick, the IRFU Charitable Trust will
still
receive 500. However, Gerard will know the real pressures that
kicking in
front of a packed stadium can create, as he will not receive any
personal
prize unless he converts his kicks. The three kicks will be taken
towards
the South Terrace end of the ground between the 22 and the 10 metre
line.
The 39 year old builder, who was selected to take part at random from
a
marketing survey that he participated in earlier in the year, is
certainly
well prepared and said, The boots have been dusted down and I have
had a
couple of pointers with the Ireland kicking coach Mark Tainton, but a
lot
will depend on the weather conditions and also if I don’t crumble
into a
pile of nerves when I run out onto Lansdowne Road.
The IRFU Charitable Trust is a registered charity founded in 1978
with the
aim of helping seriously injured Irish rugby players in their everyday
lives.The Charitable Trust receives an annual grant from the IRFU
and
payments made to injured players include assistance with locomotory
expenses, house alterations or extensions, wheelchairs, beds or
lifting
equipment; cars and vans, along with assistance for caring expenses.