Sunday 16th October.
"Hook only missed by this much". Linds & Rachael discuss the game from the night before.
An ex-colleague, Paul West and his family were in town for
the weekend so we met up at a local bar, Chapel, for lunch. It was great to meet Ann,
Paul’s wife and Zack their 6 year old son. While we were there a gaggle of
Welsh players, including James Hook, came in and Rachel doubled her squad pictures for the tournament
(she’d also run past Sonny Bill that morning). I had a word with Lee Byrne on the way out.
Before we headed off to the game we were suitably decorated by Alex, Emma & Sam in All Black colours, tattoos, silver ferns etc but I snuck my tricolour in my pocket just in case I might need it.
We all headed off down the ‘Fan Trail’ singing, waving flags and generally making eejits of ourselves. There’s a ton of stuff going on as you head to the ground, my favourite being Midget NZ a group of 10 year olds covering AC/DC. All Black fans don’t seem to have any ‘songs’ so with the help of some French fans we kept a sing-a-long going until we reached the ground.
Tom & Lee Byrne tackle the days big issues
Before we headed off to the game we were suitably decorated by Alex, Emma & Sam in All Black colours, tattoos, silver ferns etc but I snuck my tricolour in my pocket just in case I might need it.
Thorn / Rose interface #2
We all headed off down the ‘Fan Trail’ singing, waving flags and generally making eejits of ourselves. There’s a ton of stuff going on as you head to the ground, my favourite being Midget NZ a group of 10 year olds covering AC/DC. All Black fans don’t seem to have any ‘songs’ so with the help of some French fans we kept a sing-a-long going until we reached the ground.
Not a Tindle in sight
Into the ground and we made our way to our respective seats.
Linds and I were sat next to the only two Aussies we could see for miles but
the locals left them alone for the most part.
The game itself was always only going one way although the crowd didn’t relax into ‘four more years’ until about 10 minutes from the end. I think it was the best performance by a rugby team I've ever seen and Australia have to take the credit for keeping the score as respectable as they did. The scary thing is that without the best player in the world they could still produce the skills of Cory Jane and the superb Israel 'Deputy' Dagg. These were two players who had to be dragged out of a pub at 2am a week ago, Jane with a dirty tab in his gob.
All Blacks do their stuff
The game itself was always only going one way although the crowd didn’t relax into ‘four more years’ until about 10 minutes from the end. I think it was the best performance by a rugby team I've ever seen and Australia have to take the credit for keeping the score as respectable as they did. The scary thing is that without the best player in the world they could still produce the skills of Cory Jane and the superb Israel 'Deputy' Dagg. These were two players who had to be dragged out of a pub at 2am a week ago, Jane with a dirty tab in his gob.
AB Fans pulling Linds' hair
The trip home was a buzz with everyone blasting horns,
cheering and letting the odd Aussie know what they thought of them (all in good
spirits, mind).
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