The day after THE semi final

I have just come up from breakfast and will soon be repacking my bag to head out again to Twickenham. Yesterday was quite a day. We left the hotel at 10:15 am for a 4 pm match! It did take over two hours to get from Tower Hill to Twickers. Once at the ground it turned out that the ground itself didn't open until 1:30 pm so milled around the perimeter in weather that was already beginning to show signs of a wet day. The organisation around the event is on a par with Auckland 2011 with lots of volunteers on hand to ask the stupid question, send you in the right direction and even take your rubbish as I could not find a rubbish bin that was not a recycling one. The grounds finally opened but once in discovered that access to the stadium seats was not for another hour. There was some entertainment with a Maori cultural group and a South African group but it became clear after an hour that they had a repertoire which just got repeated. Light rain settled in so it was finding a spot under an overhang to keep dry and out of the wind. Once into the stadium got settled in with good seats and good company. Watched the warm up of both teams and soon we were standing for the National Anthems. The game seemed to go so fast with lots of tension and nervousness among us. I reckon the last 7 minutes took about 30 minutes as the All Blacks hung in to preserve their lead. Hard to understand all the penalties in the first half and a general consensus among the media here that the video ref is having too much say with penalties being reversed and restarting positions changed numerous times. I didn't buy myself a radio to listen to the game but I might do that today as the video ref is included in the commentary. Apparently (and most of you will no better than I) the video ref made 4 four decisions over ruling the on ground referees which sounds like shades of the opening match. However we won and have earned a place in the final which is all we can ask for. I am backing the Argentinians today although most of the experts think Australia will prevail. It doesn't really matter who the opponent will be it will be an epic game. I thought last night was shades of the final at Eden Park in 2011. I did not take my ordinary camera with me yesterday just relied on my mobile. Did take a few more pictures than you will see on the blog today but they seem to take an age to go from my mobile to my gmail so I can download them. Pehaps I will use the camera today! Nice to be going to a match where you dont have to invest emotionally! When people got back to the bus last night the driver was offering ECG's to test everyones heart. Right now it is sunny outside although just 6 degrees. The weather man is promising a fine day although cooler than yesterday. Once you are into the stand it doesn't matter as all the spectators are protected from any rain.