Bec’s Big Day Out – Ruggers at Twickenham
I was lucky enough to get asked to go to the ruggers at Twickenham with a friend, so who am I to turn down free VIP tickets, even when NZ aren’t even playing! The game was between England and South Africa, so it was a bit of a struggle deciding who to root for. When I say VIP, it means that we got to go to the O2 tent and have a few drinks and a great big pie. After warming up with some food and red wine off we set to find our seats.
It’s quite different going to a game and being fairly neutral, but in the end I decided to root for England as I guess it’s my second home. I have to say that the game wasn’t the most exciting, probably due to the fact that my team wasn’t playing and at times it was so frustrating as the English were too slow with the ball and god only knows what their back line was doing. It was also great having our own little radios which are tapped into the ref, so you got to know what was going on more than usual (probably looked like a pack of dorks though). Both teams were pretty evenly matched, but the English stole the show at the last minute, which I am pleased about due to their recent losing streak and also maybe now those rugger fans at work will have something to be cheery about!
After the game back to the O2 tent to warm up again and listen to post match comments. Then off we toddled to Londontown to meet Mike at the Temple Walkabout (yes we did actually go there, for those of you that know what it’s like), to watch the All Blacks vs. France game. We even had in good ole Walkabout style some snakebits… I forgot how they give you a sore head the next day. All in all it was a good day out!