I knew that going into Sunday nights Argentina-Scotland game that it was going to be a tight game-and that there was going to be some passionate support. I had a chance to meet up with Scotty, a fellow blogger from rugby tips and some of his friends before the game. The number of people wearing kilts and dressed in the sky blue of Argentina was mind-boggling. It made for great viewing before the game even started....
It was a tight contest the whole way. It was raining for most of the game. Neither defense was giving much ground to the other. Contempomi was having an off night for Argentina with the boot. When Dan Parks hit a drop goal late in the game to put the Scots up 12-6, I thought that Scotland might have just stamped their ticket for a probable quarterfinal with the All Blacks...that was before Gonzalez Amorisino got a ball out wide, and blew past Patterson and Lamont to plant the ball for the try with about 7 minutes left. Contemponi re-adjusted his gun sites to slot home the conversion, putting the Argentines up by a point. Argentina had to defend doggedly as Scotland got deep into Pumas territory-only to have Parks miss a last-gasp, left footed drop goal effort to doom the Scots to a must-win game against England-and even if they beat England, that might not be enough to see them into the quarterfinals. Argentina dodged a bullet and celebrated when Wayne Barnes blew his whistle to end the game...
On Monday, my wife and I took the puddle-jumper otherwise known as Soundsair and flew from Wellington to Nelson, on the South Island. While in the air on a pristine day, we not only saw mountains and blue sea...
I was able to get overhead shots of "The Cake Tin" in Wellington, where I saw USA-Australia and the Pumas-Scotland game, but also Trafalgar Park, in Nelson, where I will see the USA take on Italy on Tuesday, in what will be the Eagles' last match at this Rugby World Cup.
Nelson is nice and sunny-and also has a very large Italian community, so this should be a home game for the Azzurri on Tuesday night. Until then, Ciao...
Yeah it was a shame the weather was such a mixed bag for that Argentina vs Scotland match. It was funny how there were so many Scotland fans before the game where we were anyway, yet once we got into the match there were heaps of Pumas fans. The match was a bit of an anti climax until the last ten minutes.
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