Last night (20 August 2011) was a historic night at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The Springboks, South Africa's national rugby team for those visitors from non rugby playing countries, played against the All Blacks (New Zealand's national team) in Port Elizabeth for the first time since 1970. It was also the very first Tri Nations game in the city which just shows how hungry we are for international rugby in PE. A capacity 45000 crowd came out in anticipation to watch the Boks, who has had a terrible season so far, take on the world's number 1 rugby team. And the boys did not disappoint, winning 18 - 5 in a tough and physical match. The atmosphere, as WWE wrestler The Rock would have said if he was here, was ELECTRIC and stayed that way for the entire 80 minutes. Experiencing my first live international rugby game was something I will always remember and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Canon EC for the invite to be able to have this phenomenal experience.
Over the next few days I'll share a couple of the pics I took at the game last night. GO BOKKE!!!
Fantastic... I didn't think the Bokke would do it so it's great that it happened in PE!!
ReplyDeleteYou see, they won because went to see them!! Let's hope they carry on this way for a long time!
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Hi fellow-South African. We watched this match in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya, where we live and work as expats. It was electric and I'm so glad we're going to get first-hand reports from someone who was there. What a beautiful stadium you have - I also look forward to your excellent photos. Greetings from Grant and Jo, East Africa.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive beating The All Blacks. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteGreat pic Firefly. For the first time since the world cup I watched a full sports game!
ReplyDeleteAh - I thought you would be there. Looked out for you on tv! Great game.
ReplyDeleteThanks Canon EC for the invite!
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