Arriving in Sydney you could really feel the vibe centered around the rugby. Lions fans everywhere and Aussy flags and advertisements of the wallabies claiming to be "Lion Tamers." The first day was spent with Adam around the Rocks area in Sydney where restaurants and bars look out over the harbor and the view of the opera house and bridge are truly awesome. I decided to tag along with Adam and some the of Eccleshall RFC lads to the Lions Legends game and bumped into a pissed Jeromy Guscott and massive Steve Thompson. The game was pretty decent (until the power cut) but the pub after was a brilliant night. Loads of booze and rugby songs including my new favorite "We all dream of a team of Tommy Bowes!!!" Friday was spent over in Bondi Beach looking out over the ocean watching the whales in the bay before returning to meet up with one of the welsh lads i met in Melbourne for a session in Scary Canary bar.
The day of the test was AMAZING!! Pre drinks in The Rugby Club in Sydney with the Welsh who kindly let me display my St Georges flag. I have never felt so nervous watching a sporting event and i really did not know what was going to happen during the game. I had been winding up Gareth and Chris over how bad i thought Toby Faletau is... and i followed this theme for the whole day... (only joking boys hes is a great player). A few more beers around "The Rocks" and then over to the stadium which was rammed 83,000 people.... MENTAL.
I wont bother describing the game but as you can imagine it was AMAZING in the ground! Afterwards i met up with Gaz, Chris and some others and headed to "The Orient" hotel and partied until 4.30am before some miserable Aussy doorman asked me to leave!!! Seriously though asking me "are you drunk" Erm let me think i am miles from home and the Lions have just smashed Australia for their first win in 16 years. Please point out a sober lions fan at 4.30 in the morning you bonehead. Anyway what a day and what a night.
Thank you to Chris, Gaz and Dan for sharing a few beers with me for such a monumental occasion!!! LIONS LIONS LIONS
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