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As some other poster mentioned previously, 10/11 on a 3-0 whitewash to NZ seem to good to be true. What are your thoughts on the chances of the Lions winning a test? Do you give them better than an evens chance of winning one game?
Turns out one of the ladies here at work has won a trip for 2 to the 3rd test in New Zealand for 5 nights courtesy of Gillette. She is not from a rugby background.
They’re on at 08.30 GMT (19.30 NZST). Its an awful shame that there are no tests in Christchurch and Dunedin and I’d much before the traditional 03.30 GMT (14.30 NZST) kick off time.
I was over there during the 2005 Tour and went to the first test in Christchurch and the second test in Wellington. I’ve been to New Zealand a few times over the years and its a great country in their summer. Its one dismal place in the mid winter of June though, particularly the South Island.
I’d say the Lions routes of 70s and 80s were great fun.
Away for ages playing matchs against variety of teams spread across host country.
Many a life long friendship were made.
Any reason why no game on South Island, in the land of the long white cloud?
There is and it’s not a whole pile smaller than the Westpac stadium in Welly or indeed the original AMI stadium in CCH. However money talks and playing a second test in Eden Park is another 25,000 lovely pricey tickets they can sell.
The South Island is spectacular, but the weather can be absolutely atrocious. They have been getting a fair hammering this year. I was in Invercargill for my sins in the height of NZ summer and was still met by bitter cold and biblical rain.
Invercargill is pretty raw all year round. Next stop Antarctica. The West Coast of the South Island, over around Greymouth is one of the wettest places on earth. It never stops raining there all year round. While New Zealand was largely settled by Scots and English, the West Coast was the one area of New Zealand settled en masse by Irish.