Rugby - Hurricanes vs Crusaders

So, as I posted earlier, Gigi and I was going to a Rugby match,
The busride there was pretty average, nothing big happened. So we got out and found ourselves at Tui brewery, I never heard of it before, but whatever. Gigi and I walked over to the bar and found a big sign: "NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HERE - COFFEE SODAS AND MORE"... Bugger. Apparently that was all in the tent a little away. So we went and got ourselves a can of Tui, 440ml 4% ale, really good taste. Then we followed the masses towards the stadium. Everywhere around us we saw that the local rednecks had emptied their fields for sheep to put up signs saying: "CARPARKING $5".
We finished our beer and walked inside (no liquids allowed upon entering), and saw a lady selling yellow and orange buckets with slits cut into them so people could wear them as hats, which apparently quite a few people decided to do.

Not knowing what to do, with still another 90 minutes to go before the match would start, we went and got 6 beers to share, oh yeah and 1 more each from the free voucher we got on the bus. We found a spot and sat down as close to the field as possible, with our noses touching the string that marked 'no trespassing' line. A game between two 'for fun' teams was going on but ended shortly after we got there.
As we got closer to kick-off, we got more and more aware of how good an idea it was to get a spot early on. People were gathering and now in 3 layers all the way around as Hurricanes and Crusaders started getting on the field to warm up.
Right before kick-off, the two mascots arrived by helicopter to the middle of the field, they came out and greeted their teams (opposite from where we were of course :s). Anyways, quite spectacular.

Initially, the game wasn't actually that interesting, both Gigi and I spent more time talking to people around us, especially one lady who sat down next to us. Her name is Jay and she owns a bar in Petone (really close to where I live in Belmont) right across the street from Domino's. So I have to go there at some point and say hi. The game went on, after an initial lead by the Hurricanes 3-0, the Crusaders quickly made field goal to a lead of 3-7. From then on, it went pretty bad for the Hurricanes, but, we still had fun after chucking down 3 or 4 beers each at this point, and people around us probably a little ahead, the mood was good. During the break, there was lots of fun things going on.

First a guy ran in and climbed the goal until security shook it and he decided to come down, he did however manage to complete his goal, putting a yellow bucket on the top of the pole. Meanwhile some guys were undressing and ran into the field to start doing the a haka. Security wasn't too harsh on them so a couple of their friends joined in including a bunch of girls. Eventually they gave up and wandered back to their spots, but nice intermission. When they were discussing a proper consequence with the guards, a group of sumo-wrestlers attempted to fill the field and dance to LFMAO's "Sexy and I know it", but once again security spoiled the fun and they didn't even make it out of the pit. Would have loved to see that though. 2 made it out on the field and started dancing but security punctured their blown-up suits and walked them back to the pit.

It looks like I'm not enjoying it but the sun was in my eyes

The game resumed and quickly it turned into 19-3, then 19-8 and stayed there till the end of the match. Gigi and I continued with our beer. We decided to ditch the game at that point and go get some food, a hotdog, Kiwi-style. Bread cut open in the top, add fried onions, put in sausage and then a thick line of ketchup and mustard in a zig-zag line down the top of the sausage. Spiced with a Tui, you got a good meal!

After that we started heading home. We went to the bus where we waited for a while, I was still disappointed that the merchandise store was closed all day (possible there was one in the VIP-area but I wouldn't know, couldn't go there), so I couldn't get a Hurricanes jersey. I know they lost but they're from Wellington so I'd like to support them.

Gigi and I went home and went to KFC for another well-deserved meal there, oh yeah, that's where we ate breakfast. After that, we headed on down to Liquorland (by this time Gigi was calling it Legoland 'cause she was quite drunk) because from the tickets we had discount coupons for a crate of TUI beer. It wasn't until we were in the cool room that we found out what size of beer it was we had a discount coupon for, a crate of 12 x 745ml glass bottled-in-a-wooden-box beer. That was heavy. So we walked out and found a bench to sit and enjoy my birthday cake.
After that, we dragged the cake home, and just hung out the rest of the evening. Today which is my birthday by the way (at least here in New Zealand), I'm going to spend going home to Belmont, and get ready for work tomorrow.