Hurricanes V's Blues

What a weekend ; We travelled to Wellington to take in the Hurricanes V's Blues Super 14 game at the ( Cake-tin ) Westpac Stadium .
On the Friday we saw the Black Caps beat the Aussie's at one day cricket by a record score which put us all in the mood for the rugby the following day .
We all gathered at the Waterloo Hotel home of the Wellington Rugby Supporters were we had the obligatory beer to ease frayed nerves .
Around 6.30 we headed off for the park joining the mass of humanity all heading in the same direction dressed in the Canes colours .
There was the odd Blues fan here and there amongs't the yellow sea of the Hurricanes fans .
The stadium was packed to near capacity and an excited buzz went around the crowd as the Blues took to the field .
Then an almighty roar filled the stadium as the Canes ran on the park amidst a mass of fireworks .
The canes were first to score and the score changed twice more been 10 all at halftime .
Both teams scored during the second half with the Blues leading 22 - 20 with ten minutes to go .
Then the Canes received a penalty which Jimmy Gopperth kicked to put them ahead 23 - 22 .
The canes held on for the win and the crowd erupted in a roar of delight that the Blues had been overcome .
After the game it was back to the Waterloo for drinks and singing which went on till the early hours .
Sunday morning came and an early flight back to Christchurch with grins from ear to ear as on the flight we heard that the Crusaders had lost too the Lions overnight .
On the flight were the All Black coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith with Wayne stopping to have a chat about the game with me ( Nice Chap ) .