The land of world cup rugby has lots of stories linked to the players, fans and everything else. It would seem that the stories reflect the various nationalities present. The English are being generally annoying and most comments reflect the desire for their early exit. You wouldn't believe how many Argentinian supporters there were at the weekend. A South African couple were in the news because they had booked a hotel room with a sea view in Eastbourne....unfotrunately they thought they had booked to be close to Wellington, but instead they had booked a hotel in Eastbourne, England. A local found them looking for it and when she realised their mistake she took them home and put them up.
There are quite a few tourists touring around. There are a couple of matches in Nelson in the next few weeks.
The news item to worry all AB fans is that Dan Carter will miss the match on Friday because of a back strain. They are playing Japan so hopefully they will cope without him. Alos in the news today is the government taking over the management of the match transport in Auckland and the fan zones. So many turned up in the centre of Auckland last weekend that everything came to a standstill, including the trains that were taking people to the match. We think we may walk the fan trail from the city centre to the stadium. It is a 4km route with entertainment etc along the way. rain is forecast for the weekend so perhaps not so many non-match people will be around.
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