Friday, September 30, 2011

RUGBY WORLD CUP: Georgia v Romania

I wasn’t able to upload all my pics around this game until I fixed up the Live Writer programme to do it without hassles. That’s done so here we go.
Firstly, more pre match entertainment

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These guys are travelling around NZ in cool bus.
Pictures taken on the streets of Palmerston North
before the game.
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Some interesting side-tracking sights. Top shows
a bike rack where you can lock up your bike in
public. Bottom picture I think might be a huia, a
now extinct native bird.

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In the City Square itself there was plenty for the young to do before
the big game. Left: Kick the ball from the tee into the washing machine
bowl. I was tempted! Right: Now pass the ball into the machine
itself. This fellow succeeded and then tried to do it with a back-flip
pass which was not so successful.
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Okay now you can pass the ball to hit the skittles or try a punt kick into
the bowl. This all took place in side a large marquee.

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How about a try at knee-rugby on a blow-up field?
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All the activities were set in this most picturesque inner-city
park. Right: You could have your photo simulated in with those
of your selected All Blacks. A great idea and very popular with
the young.
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Another competition at left where you try to get to the other end without being
bowled over by suspended and swinging massive rugby balls. On the right a
band kept up the pace in the park.
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As the time got closer to kickoff many hundreds had entered the square.
Manawatu Arena was just down the road.

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Pre match costume display time. Manawatu is now famous for its buckethead
approach to supporting your rugby team. It’s simple. Select a coloured plastic bucket of choice and then cut out the front and you’ve done.
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Flags are important part of patriotic costuming..
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Time to walk to the game. Painted signs on the footpath just as a help.

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Bucketheads for sale. Proceeds to charity.
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Local lasses are all bucketted, coloured and
ready for the game.

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