Tuesday 2 August 2011

Day 11 - Johannesburg & Pretoria



A lie in and late buffet breakfast before meeting our Jo’burg coach driver/professional hunter Maurius. Short transfer to Boksburg to take a look around Christian Brothers College where our final match will take place at 3pm tomorrow. No glimpse of opposition yet.



Then headed to Pretoria for a look around Loftus stadium, home to the Super 15 Rugby side the Blue Bulls who just so happened to be training (a rare thing for the public to see, we are told). Better still, the boys were given a guided tour of the home and away changing rooms – where Piers Chen tried every seat in the hope of “sitting where Dan Carter sat” – plus the gym, physiotherapy rooms, swimming pool, VIP boxes and media suite before raiding the merchandise shop for vests.



Back to CBC college to meet the billet hosts and some members of the opposing team, some of which were undeniably massive. In true Shiplake style, however, the boys, dapper in their no 1s, showed confidence and returned the jovial banter –even when David Plato’s opposition member said “prepare to die” as he led him to the car.



2 comments:

  1. Good luck today SC RFC, hope the match goes well, Alistair

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