[marcia]

Well we had an interesting trip to Bunnings in Palmerston today.

The kids shot straight round to the play area whilst i wandered to find the bits I was looking for - and found my exit from one of the aisles blocked and suddenly saw a man running past at a frightening speed - the assistant who stopped me said it was the New Zealand rugby team training!!!!!!!!!!!

I whizzed round to the play area and got the boys and we spent a while watching them and chatting to one of the trainers - poor guy he had to explain to me who the New Zealand '7's were!!! :exit

Can't imagine walking into a B & Q in the uk and finding the rugby team training down one of the aisles!! ;)

[The Hodges]

poor guy he had to explain to me who the New Zealand '7's were!!! :exit

Can't imagine walking into a B & Q in the uk and finding the rugby team training down one of the aisles!! ;)

:laugh

How cool. I would have been in my element. NZ are joint top at the moment with South Africa, and the next comp is in NZ at the beginning of Feb. :nice1 Shame I'm not going to be there for it though...

As for England training - they're currently third in the rankings, but I'm sure some B&Q training for the full 15s squad would be a great help!

[StevieD]

Can't imagine what they are training in a shop for....

Guess the England team practice in a pussy cat sanctuary - coz they are useless and soft touches!

Bit like the England cricket team - and the footy team LOL

[Caroline and Dave]

Talking of the England cricket team. New zealands just thrashed them.

[StevieD]

:laugh See what I mean?

[jubjub]

Apparently they needed to train and the weather was not right, so they went indoors! It was on the news last night.

[KerryS]

The 7s is in Wellington the first weekend in February - it is a fantastic two days of rugby. Everyone dresses up and has fun.
This is the first year I'm going to miss it since arriving in NZ and I'm gutted! I have a wedding to attend instead...
I shall be going to Hong Kong and Adelaide to make up for it though!

[sarahw]

What a wierd place to train!! :D Must have been a very sureal experience!!

:) Hubby scored tickets yesterday through work - lucky devil - keeps on to me that it'll be work & that he'll be 'entertaining clients' - yeah-right! Knowing him he'll be entertaining them dressed up as blanket man and downing 10 beers!!

I think my visits to Bunnings might increase if there's a chance of a rugby player running past!! ;)

[StevieD]

Tut Sarah :uhoh :laugh:laugh:laugh

[Debbie P.]

I LOVE rugby 7's! I'm a die-hard Union fan, but 7's is much faster and more entertaining these days. Strongly recommended if you can get to it.

[urban78]

Well we had an interesting trip to Bunnings in Palmerston today.

The kids shot straight round to the play area whilst i wandered to find the bits I was looking for - and found my exit from one of the aisles blocked and suddenly saw a man running past at a frightening speed - the assistant who stopped me said it was the New Zealand rugby team training!!!!!!!!!!!

I whizzed round to the play area and got the boys and we spent a while watching them and chatting to one of the trainers - poor guy he had to explain to me who the New Zealand '7's were!!!

Can't imagine walking into a B & Q in the uk and finding the rugby team training down one of the aisles!!

That means you probably saw Jarek, my partner's nephew :nice1 We found out this morning he had made the NZ 7s team and he was interviewed by TV1 news today :yes

He normally plays for the Auckland rugby B team.

Hope they get some results in Welly :clap

Jen :)