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There’s something not quite right about being sober amongst 35,000 people.
It’s the second time I’ve been to the Wellington Sevens as a sports reporter, the other time being in 2008 when we also won, and you definitely feel like a chaperone at a school disco watching on as everyone cuts so loose. Big ups to everyone who put in the massive effort to get dressed up and juiced up for two days. It’s certainly not easy to get that drunk for that long.
There was a lot to take in both on and off the field, it’s tough to make a call, but I reckon this was the best costume I saw.
Headless and legless...
And what about the latest hero Declan O’Donnell! How does Titch find these guys?
Ten tries from the red-headed Maori including a hat trick in the final… unbelievable. Gives hope to gingas all around the world. The team’s off to Vegas this week without captain DJ Forbes, who I tried to dress up like for the tournament, but just ended up looking like an Amish barn-raiser. Oh well, hopefully next year I’ll be going as a drunken punter rather than a reporter.
DJ Forbes – nice chin-strap beard, what I was supposed to look like:
Amish barn-raiser – what I actually looked like:
Feel free to share your stories below. Cheers,
John Day