Wallabies a bit wobbly but got there in the end

We all schlepped off to Telstra Stadium to watch the "Wobblies" beat Wales last night. Not that it was looking that way with 30 seconds to go. For most of the match I was thinking it's lucky Telstra Stadium puts on good pre-show entertainment otherwise I'd be seriously wondering why we made such an effort to go to the boon docks.

Do you realise HOW FAR Homebush Bay (aka Sydney Olympic Park) is from the City? Would you go to Kwinana to watch the Eagles or Dockers play? Actually its not so much the distance, as the traffic. Last time I went to Homebush was to watch U2 play. It took us two hours to get there, they played for 1 1/2 hours and it took us 2 hours to get home. That was by train.

This time we thought we'd go by car. I think it may be illegal to go there by car, but we did it anyway. And guess what? Got a car park within 500m. Admittedly there were only 42,000 people at the match.

Anyway, even if you don't like the Rugby the pre-match entertainment is worth it. Not cheerleader entertainment you understand, general people entertainment. There are always loads of food stalls (I was picked on by the crowd for eating Vegetarian Pad Thai), fun games and people doing silly things.

Padawan Learner only goes for the pre-match fun. He ate two Hot Dogs, one icecream and had fun on the horizontal Bungy (where you try to score tries while running along a air filled cushion attached to a bungy rope). There was live music and many opportunities to open your wallet to purchase merchandise.

So you will understand that the Wallabies' poor showing until the last 30seconds was a bit of a let down after the pre-match excitement. Kelpie drew pictures, Padawan Learner entertained the guy in front by kicking his chair and Husband No. 1 looked generally in pain. Having never been to a Rugby International I thought it was all cool. In fact I think I actually "get" the game now. The Welsh guy sitting behind us was also having fun.

In the end it was all worth it. The Wobblies won, the Welsh guy behind us cried and we drove home in the comfort of our own car.