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As soon as the tickets opened for the Tri-Nations rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, we booked!! Lance and I went with my parents and joined the 94013 rugby fans that thronged to Soccer City aka FNB Stadium outside Soweto to watch the match this evening.
What an awesome experience!! After quite a bit of deliberation, my dad and Lance decided that, instead of parking close to the stadium and walking, we should catch the Rea-Vaya buses from Wits. And what a win that was!! It was so painless, and quick to get in and out of the stadium. The match finished at 7, and we got home at 8:30! I didn’t think that was bad at all!
We got stopped by a guy painting faces on the way in… I liked how differently he painted everyone’s flags
It was the first time my mom had been to watch the Springboks play.
This cool marimba band was entertaining the crowds on the way in
As you can see, our seats were RIGHT at the very top of the stadium. I really needed a bigger zoom, but I made do 
This is my favourite photo… while the anthem was being sung, and a massive flag was being passed across the crowds
There are a few more photos on my Facebook page
Wow, that look so amazing and the atmosphere must have been exhilarating. Such a pity the Springboks lost at the last minute, you can imagine all the ‘flak’ I am getting in NZ at the moment!!
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It was amazing!! Great photos(haven’t downloaded mine yet) – quite a few complaints on radio this morning about people getting stuck in traffic, queues, etc. The Rea-Veya way was defintely the way to go !! It was just so easy and quick!
Lovely work
you captured the mood and the essence of a great memorable day
DD
What a lot of fun! My SIL’s nephew is getting married at the end of the month, and they started his bachelors there! He was dressed in a white tutu, with a black t shirt saying “I Love Richie McGraw!” on the back! They had a ball!
Those are spectacular Jen! I know so many people that went I really regret not being one of them!
I LURV the one of the empty yellow seats!!
How wonderful! It looks more like you went to a festival than a rugby game. There is nothing quite as exciting as a live sporting event.
These are just plain amazing! so vibrant and full of life. You really have a way with event photos. I suck at them. You rock it every single time.
Awesome set of images!!
Thanks for sharing these – makes one feel part of it. I so wanted to go, but alas, going anywhere without the kids on a Saturday is near impossible.
It looks like quite the experience!!! We wanted to go too but left it too late and before we knew it the tickets were sold out. Very cool pics Jeanette
Oh Jeanette, I am so jealous. About going to the game (even though we lost) and being able to take pics like this.