Lets get a few stats out of the way. We have now officially beaten all teams played against from Christchurch twice as many times as they've beaten us. We have eclipsed our previous high score held by the 1996 team. Two thirds of today's team scored a try. Two players who played 80 minutes didn't score a try. Rosco's girlfriend is Trout approved.

There was a palpable funky out of whack air about the pre-game stuff that normally occurs. Maybe it was because some of the team thought Friday night's photo session was the game and we unsure of why they were at the club again, or maybe we just had a foregone conclusion attitude about the result to come, or maybe it's because it's Maybelline.  Read more