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Members of the amateur Old Christians Club rugby union team from Montevideo, Uruguay, were scheduled to play a match in Santiago, Chile, against the Old Boys Club, an English rugby team. [3] Club president Daniel Juan chartered a Uruguayan Air Force twin turboprop Fairchild FH-227D airplane to fly the team over the Andes mountains to Santiago ...
"Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its a ccurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a Uruguayan rugby team.. The new Netflix drama, directed ...
Pages in category "Leinster Rugby players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 334 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Alive tells the story of an Uruguayan rugby team (who were alumni of Stella Maris College), and their friends and family who were involved in the airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. The plane crashed into the Andes mountains on Friday 13 October 1972. Of the 45 people on the flight, only 16 survived 72 days of sub-zero temperatures.
37 players and 9 coaching staff members were among the passengers killed as their plane hit the tree line and exploded during final approach to Tri-State Airport in Ceredo, West Virginia. The plane was flying the team back to campus after a game at East Carolina University. 13 October 1972: Old Christians Club: Rugby union: Uruguayan Air Force
The Leinster Branch was inaugurated at a meeting on 31 October 1879. The meeting was held at Lawrence's premises at 63 Grafton Street and was largely attended. Although this was the formal founding of Leinster as we know it today, with the amalgamation of the Irish Football Union and the Northern Union, the Leinster provincial team had been active since 1879 – when the first interprovincial ...
Guy Easterby (born 21 March 1971) is a former rugby union player for Ireland. He is currently head of rugby operations of Leinster. His father is English and his mother is Irish. [1] He is the brother of Simon Easterby, also an Ireland international and the most capped back-rower to come from Yorkshire.
Leinster Rugby players (1 C, 334 P) S. Leinster Rugby seasons (6 P) T. ... Pages in category "Leinster Rugby" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.