Rugby Match!

Kel and I went to our first Rugby match this past weekend! It was the hometown team of the Hurricanes versus the Force. (Hurricanes won 21-10) Kel and I hadn't seen much rugby yet, so we didn't understand everything but we started to pick up bits and pieces. It was REALLY fun though! The stadium is about half the size of Qwest field, so its a bit more low key. It was a terrible stormy night, but luckily we were about three rows under the overhang to not get soaking wet. We went to the game with Zach, his roommate Francus (from France) and Sam, the guy we live with.

The game consists of two halves, forty minutes each and about a 10 minute half time. I can't tell you much more than that though!! It isn't straight foward offense and defense, like American Football so it was tough for the crowd to get as into it as us Hawks fans do when we're on defense! Kel and I were very happy to find that the beers at the stadium were only $4... but they were about half the size of a beer you'd get at a Seahawks game. We had a lot of fun though and didn't really think about the 20 minute walk to the bars after the match and getting rained on while we were in the stadium... so once we started to leave and the storm we were watching in front of us the whole night was now straight above us made for a quick paced walked into the nearest bar!!

We headed to a hostel where some of our friends were staying that we had met on the South Island the week before. We stayed there for a few hours, considering the hostel usually has the cheapest drinks in town. Then Zach took us to a bar called 'Good Luck' which was great!! It was an underground bar and they were having a DJ battle that night. It was a very fun, relaxed atmosphere, with some dancing involved which Kel and I have been into since we've been down here. It seems that here (and maybe it's just the bars we've been to so far) tend to play more fun dance music, then the bump and grind kind of music we get a lot at home. So kel and I hit the dance floor and jumped around singing along all night!! I think our favorite song from that night was "Jump for my love" -- it was in Love Actually -- which we knew all of the words to and one of the English guys we were with commented on that as he proceeded to leave the dance floor....

Overall, it was a great weekend!! Rugby, beers and dancing, can't get much better than that! Happy Mothers Day, even though its Monday for me... but I hope the kids are spoiling you!! Mom, I'll make you breakfast in bed when I get home : )

You can see a bit of the down pour.
Kel and I with our Tui Beers
Close up of some of the players.