All Blacks V Wallabies

Sept 19th I went into Wellington with a group of International Students to see the All Blacks play the Australian Wallabies! It was held at Westpac Stadium, which holds about 30,000 people and was nearly sold out! It was a great night for a game! We split up into 2 groups of 5. My group was situated behind one of the goals and 5 rows from the field. It was a great view! The first half was a close game, but in the second half the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 33-6.



walking on the field



Performing the Haka

Here is the full version via youtube. be sure to turn up your speakers! The volume is pretty soft.



The haka is a Maori dance generally used to intimidate the opposition in warfare. Today the All Blacks use it to intimidate their and rile up their opponents.



Here is a shot of the stadium







getting ready for the kick





yes, he scored!





Penalty?



calling it...



guess they didn't like the call!

but with a win over the wallabies, the all blacks secured the bledisloe cup.

Good Game!