Rugby in Nagoya

cher.. well i forgot all about the rugby that i went to that was in the end of august... I went to nagoya which is about 2 hours away by train from where we live to watch Toyota vs Newcastle from England (Jonny Wilkinsons team) . I trooped up there by myself and hooked up with a mate whos a rugby writer and works for a the national english newspaper....well man did i get the hook ups (cheers Rich) he managed to get me a press pass and got in for free so that was sweet!!!
well one of the luxuaries of having a press pass is that you can get to go down to the field this was the miki as on the Newcastle team they had Mark Mayerhoffler, Matt Burke, Colin Charvis, and Owen Finnegan but there was no Jonny Wilkinson as he was in hospital.Toyota had a few kiwis with Filo Tiatia,Orene Aii and Troy Flavell.

The match was a miki game with Toyota taking it to Newcastle and ended up beating them in which they deserved.. Orene A ii was the man using his hot step to perfection...One of the perks of the press pass was going to the aftermatch fucntion which was cool, getting to meet some of the players was a buzz especially troy flavell hes the man!! just like one of the Bros...ended up taking about ta moko and turns out we got work done by same guy(Richie), so that was cool, but what topped the night off was the free beers that was on offer, im not shy, so indulged in a few quiets..

We rode back to nagoya from Toyota Stadium with the Newcastle team so that was cool.. Ended up having a chat with Rob Andrew coach of Newcaslte and former England international about rugby and it was quite informative geeting to understand the rugby knowledge of one of the top coaches of world rugby... All in all it was a top night and big thanks to Rich for hooking me up and sticking around and doing the all nighter..Yoroshiku..