Leinster Rugby Gala 

CSL Events have worked alongside Leinster Rugby for well over a decade building and developing a world-class corporate hospitality event around the games. 

The Brief: 

Create a memorable evening to enhance the corporate members' programme. Providing an opportunity for corporate fans to celebrate the 2009 winning team, the first Heineken Cup win for Leinster Rugby. 

Working with the Leinster committee we created an exclusive evening for corporate members to gain an insight into that unique journey and hear first-hand from the players, coaches, and management team. 

1,000 corporate guests gathered in the Main Hall of the RDS to take a moment to look back and remember the journey 10 years on. The space was transformed into an auditorium for the evening. Our host Martin Beyfield took guests on the journey from team selection and build, to the final itself. Throughout the evening, this journey unfolded as we curated the key moments through video content, interviews, panels discussion, and during all this a full-service dinner for 1,000 guests took place. 

In advance of the event, CSL managed all aspects of planning from ticketing through to guest registration and from set build to stage management. All pre-event checks, risk assessments, and method statements were overseen by CSL. 

We worked with a team of suppliers to deliver the event in a single day turnaround. Our production team handled all staging elements producing the show and stage managing the talent, while our team of event managers were responsible for the registration and welcoming of guests and managing the F&B element.