The Blog of Rob Eaton » Rugby http://www.robeaton.org Tales of an Englishman abroad Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:21:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Rugby League World Cup Final 2008 http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/11/23/rugby-league-world-cup-final-2008/ http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/11/23/rugby-league-world-cup-final-2008/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:32:14 +0000 Rob http://www.robeaton.org/?p=257 After a week of heavy rain and spectacular storms it was time for the Final. For once the storms did not materialise and the weather was perfect. 

Andreas, James, Rob and I headed out early for a few pre game drinks at the Caxton (Hotel). The atmosphere was pretty good as always, for once the Kiwis

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Another action packed Saturday event was kicked off when James, Andreas, Ness & I headed off to watch the finale of the Bledisloe cup & Tri Nations. 

We arrived in Caxton Street at 3pm

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After dropping the bags of at the hotel we headed out. Stopping in one of Sydney’s oldest pubs for a couple of beers. We met a couple of old timers John and

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Friday evening turned into one messy night - we think!? After the token gins, red wine, cognac and beer not much more can be remembered.

Saturday we all went out into the Metropolis that is Brisbane. After several drinks & a

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I headed out into town to catch up with a subbie and a couple of other guys to go and watch rugby. After a couple of drinks at the Belgian Beer Garden we headed to the match. It was time for the Wallabies to kick

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