All Blacks vs. Australia rugby game saturday night!
I was so excited to see New Zealands rugby team the ALL BLACKS play at the stadium! We waited for the bus to take us pretty early so we could eat before it started, also we knew it was sold out and would be very busy there! I had my All Blacks shirt on with the Haka written on it which is a Maori chant the All Blacks do to intimidate the other teams! Its really cool, i love how the Kiwis embrace the Maori culture in everything they do! :)
Kathryn, Lara, Sara and I stayed nearby to the stadium while others bar hopped, but we enjoyed pizza and sparkling grape juice in the court yard of a very lovely italian restaurant! We had a while until the game so we hung out for a while there.
Matching hats! :)
We finally got to the stadium and had to wait for the others, luckily they remembered the time and we all went into the stadium to find our seats!!!! There were soooo many people!
The stands eventually were packed full! I couldn't believe it! Right when we sat down we saw both teams warming up and stretching, these dudes were beasts! They have no padding on like in football and tackle each other every few minutes! Its absolutely insane! The first few things that happened was the Maoris came out and did a dance and their haka! Then the All Blacks came out and everyone cheered!!!! The Australia team and fans did their national anthem and it was so amazing, followed by New Zealands which was just as amazing but even better since i was rooting for them this time!! Finally the All Blacks did their Haka facing the Australian team all lined up, it was so great! The Aussies looked really scaredddd! haha
My row!
We had tattoos to put on! We aren't Kiwi's but very supportive of NZ!!!! :D
This guy was nuts!
The Aussies!
A rugby touchdown is called a TRY! and this video shows one!!!! So exciting to watch!
Tackleeee!
We won!!!!!!! In the beginning we didn't start off too well, then they tied it at 13, 13 then finally we pulled through with a few more "try's" they call it (like a rugby touchdown) and won 22, 16!!!The crowds went wild it was soooo exciting!
Lara and I happy that our team won!!!!
When the game was over the entire stadium had to somehow get up one staircase to get out! It was so crowded! Then they hearded us onto a train which took us to the city but the people here are very friendly and made sure us Americans didn't get lost and miss our stop! People payed lots of attention to us when we were in line, curious why we're here and stuff and making bets on if we were canadian or american! haha It was a very fun night, i'm glad i got to watch some real rugby!
Lara and I happy that our team won!!!!
When the game was over the entire stadium had to somehow get up one staircase to get out! It was so crowded! Then they hearded us onto a train which took us to the city but the people here are very friendly and made sure us Americans didn't get lost and miss our stop! People payed lots of attention to us when we were in line, curious why we're here and stuff and making bets on if we were canadian or american! haha It was a very fun night, i'm glad i got to watch some real rugby!
