Fans will be able to return to pubs for the Six Nations tomorrow for the first time since the start of the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wales play away to Ireland tomorrow in the first match of the tournament and are aiming to retain their title after last year’s win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, if you\u2019re planning on supporting Wales from the comfort of the pub, the advice from publicans is to get there early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary Corp, the manager of Cardiff pub The City Arms, said pubs will be \u201chugely busier (than a usual Saturday)”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked if fans will have to queue at the door, he said: \u201cI would have thought so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We don\u2019t know yet. I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s going to be a bit of anticipation as to whether people feel safe to going out. It’s hard to tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur function room upstairs, that\u2019s fully booked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have thought (it will be) as busy as the home games obviously, but I think it\u2019s going to be really busy because people just can\u2019t wait to get back out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained how tomorrow would be even busier because \u201cwe got the England game on later which will keep people in town\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The all-important questions rugby fans want to know is – given the move out of lockdown and the supply issues that has caused – will there be enough beer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, I\u2019ve got enough beer, don\u2019t you worry about that, that orders been in the last week or two. So there\u2019s no problem there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPlenty of beer, plenty of staff, plenty of food so we will go from there!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What time should you get to the pub to avoid the crowds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Corp quipped: “8am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to see the city coming back to life again, even today we can see the atmosphere changing, and everyone just looking forward to a good day\u2019s rugby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGetting back together, meeting old friends, we may not have seen for a couple of years and just really exciting to get going again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe feedback coming from other managers in the city centre as well is that we are looking forward to a really busy weekend. Kick starts the six nations. Fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And \u201cobviously\u201d the manager of the City Arm\u2019s is backing the Welsh Side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fans will be able to return to pubs for the Six Nations tomorrow for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Wales play away to Ireland tomorrow in the first match of the tournament and are aiming to retain their title after last year’s win. However, if you\u2019re planning on supporting Wales from the comfort of the pub, the advice from publicans is to get there early. Gary Corp, the manager of Cardiff pub The City Arms, said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":785,"featured_media":28895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,35],"tags":[21,416,54,56,34],"coauthors":[823],"class_list":["post-28894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjsnewsteam","category-latest","tag-cardiff","tag-pubs","tag-rugby","tag-six-nations","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"\n