Monday, September 26, 2011

What a weekend!

What a weekend of sport it's just been; in no particular order:

  • The All Blacks turned on their best performance of RWC2011 to beat France 37-17
  • The Vodafone Warriors beat Melbourne 20-12 to storm into the NRL Grand Final
  • The Auckland Vucans beat the Sharks 30-26 in golden point extra time to make the NSW Cup Grand Final
  • The Junior Warriors beat the Bulldogs 64-nil to make their second consecutive Toyota Cup Grand Final
  • Arsenal had its best result of the Barclay's Premier League season beating Bolton 3-nil, whilst Manchester United stumbled to a 1-all draw with Stoke City
  • Wanganui surged to the lead (on points differential) in the Heartland Championship
  • Eden Park was packed to the rafters twice in two days, and everyone got to the ground and got home
  • Argentina scored a last-gasp try to beat Scotland in Wellington; their reward is a probable quarter-final match against New Zealand.

Has there been a weekend quite like this for sports fans in the recent past? We'll do a wrap later in the day, but for now, we need to get our breath back. As the Mad Butcher would say; "Mate, what a ride!"!

4 comments:

homepaddock said...

And North Otago won 24-18 against Mid Canterbury - leaving them a bonus point away from hosting a home final in the Heartland Championship.

Inventory2 said...

Indeed Ele; North Otago will in all probability travel to Wanganui in two weeks' time for the Heartland Championship final. North Otago's failure to secure a bonus point on Saturday was Wanganui's bonus.

pdm said...

"Wanganui surged to the lead on points differential"

Sounds a bit tenuous Inv but still better to be there than where King Country are.

Leg Break said...

And Spurs had a solid win away from home.