Saturday afternoon I went to a local rugby game to soak up some local culture. It was a game pitting the Auckland Blues against the South African Sharks. Obviously, almost all of our group supported the Blues (who were physically represented by a blue bearded pirate) and one of our group leaders kept on yelling "MMMM! Sharks for Dinner!!!!" every five seconds or so. The rest of us just cheered them on in our blue and white face paint, which one of the other leaders had painted on in a cross pattern that would turn out to confuse multiple passer-bys throughout the day and evening, who all mistakenly thought we were supporting Scotland for something (especially at the bar later that night... "Are you guys all Scottish? We don't like the Scottish!" "Ehm, no. We went to a rugby game. And just so you know for the future, the Scottish flag is a white cross like an X, not like the + on our faces......emmmm.").
The game was great though! We sat in the cheapest seats, so we got all of the sun and a weird view, but the best people to sit and cheer along with. The Blues lost (booooo!) but we were oh so close. And yes, apparently there are rugby cheerleaders. And small children dressed in hilarious shirts! Excellent!
what a delightful afternoon, team names are always weird
ReplyDeleteyea. I liked the little kid's shirt sitting in front of me.... no money, no honey. The giant pirate head was pretty cool too.
ReplyDeleteMiss you peanut!
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