Rugby World Cup 2011

So it's finally here! What I've been waiting just under 2 years for!

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011

now, in my last post I said that council was expecting 50,000 people to hit the waterfront and I was finishing work at 5 so I could head down to The Cloud to enjoy the opening ceremony...

yeaaaah, 200,000 people crammed into the CBD from 3.30pm and we were absolutely rammed at the bar, I was on my own until 7pm with 200 people to attend to.
Apart from the rushing around and the fact that we were unprepared for that amount of people, it was actually a very enjoyable evening. I caught the fireworks at The Britomart at about 9pm and they were sensational.
The night after it was Englands opening game and despite our poor performance it was a great night. I headed down to The Cloud on the waterfront with Grogan, Colin, Nikita, Natalie and their friend Simon to cheer on the boys. With everyone drinking and so passionate about their teams, I was very suprised to see that everyone was in high spirits and laughing along with eachother.

I've had to wait a couple of weeks until my first visit to Eden Park for the RWC though. Adam got us tickets to Fiji vs Samoa and we wernt the only ones there... the place was sold out, not a spare seat to be seen. The stadium looks so massive now with the temporary seating held up by masses of scaffolding. The weather wasn't great and neither was the game but the atmosphere before the game at Neighborhood Bar in Kingsland and in the stadium was awesome.