As part of our tour of Kiwi life and culture for Yasmin, we went off to the stadium today to see a game. This weekend is the beginning of the national provincial championship. The Lions played Tasman this afternoon in quite remarkable conditions. The gale force wind was in play, it was cold, and it rained. Towards the end, the rain was torrential. As the game did not have the air of quality, and the conditions were so bad, it meant that the crowd was quite small-I would say about 2000.
Despite the weather, it was a good game, surprisingly open and skillful.
I am not sure what Yasmin made of it. Rugby being an alien game and having only seen a couple of games on the telly. As well as going out in those conditions.
Anyway, all part of the experience.
