The All Blacks, New Zealand’s famous rugby team, is known as one of the best rugby teams in the world. Alas, they have fallen on hard times and are not quite the best any more. They get beat. Often. Right now it is the South African Springboks who are the top of the world and the current world champions. We went to see the famous All Blacks play South Africa in a critical game in the world championship pursuit.
Just to start off, here is their haka:
After the haka, the game went downhill for the All Blacks. Apparently, the Wellington stadium is not good luck for the team and they suffered the worst defeat in their history at the hands of the mighty Springboks, a 43-10 rout. Admittedly, I still do not know the rules of rugby. But when you have a guy sitting behind you that talks like a color commentator, well, I could follow along. I keep vowing to pay more attention to rugby because I do find it fun to watch. But that would require me to watch television and it just is not happening. Maybe someday….
A Yank Among the Kiwis 