Craig’s company has a box at Newlands rugby ground. They usually take clients, but sometimes, if the games aren’t big games, he can take staff or whoever, really (uncatered of course!) – and this Friday, he took us 
Craig promised the girls he would take them one day. The main reason they wanted to go was to sing the national anthem with the crowds! Unfortunately, they only sing the anthem at the international games – which happen to be the Big Client games. But, once they got over that disappointment, they got really excited about the prospect of cheering at a real life game (rather than watching daddy yell at gaa’s TV screen!) Craig invited my family this time. Next time we’ll take the Hayes side without the kiddies. After Sun City, I think they deserve a more adult family night out!
To get into the whole spirit of things, the kids made flags that afternoon and we dressed up in the blue, red and white of the Stormers. Ready to beat the Sharks!
The kids were super amped. Kiera was particularly fun to watch. She was shouting with great gusto whilst punching the air, “Go Stormers, Go! Go Storm those Sharks!”
Even Micah got into the spirit of things with his Stormers T-shirt – but he didn’t stay for the game; we found him a spot in the box to sleep in his tent. He did very well to sleep with the noisy crowds. Can you see them behind us? Even Kirsty got herself a supporters cap and looked fantastic, as usual.
It was pretty awesome watching rugby live. Everything is a hundred times bigger and more exciting in the flesh. And I don’t even like rugby. Sadly, I only find the running tries exciting. You can keep your line outs, rucks and scrums. I just like that moment the team I’m rooting for grabs the ball and makes a break and run for it. We got to see that a couple times. The stormers won 29-14!
Go Stormers!
