RUGBY!! RUGBY!! RUGBY!!

So after another week of class, a wine tasting, celebrating St. Patrick's Day New Zealand style, and finishing a bunch of reading, I chose to take the weekend easy. No trips, no hiking, no beach.... nothing, except a rugby match.

Our program coordinator emailed us a few weeks ago telling us he would take anyone to the local rugby match who wanted to go. Going to a match is on my NZ bucket list so I definitely was going to be there. Saturday night we met, got on a bus and headed to Eden Park for the festivities. We bought cheap tickets and got there early enough to watch the little boy rugby league play before the game. Let me tell you, it was absolutely adorable.

Then it was time for the real match... the Auckland Blues vs. the Wellington Hurricanes. We were all sporting the blue and white face paint and waving our Blues flags crazily.We were told that the match was going to be a close one because both teams were pretty good, so I was definitely looking forward to that. The match started and nobody was down in the front row so Becca and I moved down right in front of the try zone (a try is the rugby version of a touchdown.) It was the best view and I even touched a ball!!!!!

The fans were pretty wild as Auckland tryed before Wellington could. I don't really know all that much about rugby but enough to get by sort of understanding what's going on in the game, but luckily the lady sitting next to us was an avid rugby fan and taught us all sorts of things about the game.

a good scrum

It was awesome to see the teams scrum and line out at different times during the match and just to watch hot, muscular men tackle each other :) It was definitely my dream Saturday night. Bec and I are planning on attending some more matches in the future, so when I know more about the game, I'll teach you more about the game.

This week comes another week of class, but one more week closer to mid-semester break. This weekend I think Leah and I are headed to Piha and its black sand beaches :)

If you want to, you can check out some sweet pics on facebook.

Kia Ora