OK - So rugby in South Africa is a very very important sport and most of us know nothing about it. So what? So that is the reason why we were in for an interesting surprise when we decided to follow our Kiwi On Board Excursions' Director, Kim, to go and cheer for her home team The Crusaders from New Zealand who were playing South Africa.
Can you imagine 60 of us, all dressed in black and red or in Crusaders' shirts, sitting amongst the South Africans who, by the way, knew in advance that they were going to be CRUSHED by the visiting team? It was one thing if we knew what we were cheering for, but most of us were clueless! Luckily for us the Crusaders led the whole time, so when we cheered, it was always for OUR team, or the winning team!
In the process, we learned a lot about rugby (what a fun game!) and how quickly the South African seating next to us stopped explaining it to us once they realized we were cheering for the wrong team!
A good time was had by all of us (especially with beer being barely a buck:), and we are all now "rugby converts"... That is, of course, until we get to Europe, where we were told we might be able to go to a local soccer game. Barcelona - here comes your Scholar Ship Cheerleaders!
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