Diana Wichtel: Disrupting expectations

Watching a rugby game can be a test of one’s endurance.

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30th June, 2012

It was one of those occasions that conclusively established, apparently, that I live on another planet. Game? What game? Not that I had any choice in the matter, but this one was worth watching if only because it was such a big night for Christchurch. Normal international test rugby mayhem was resumed for the first time in two years as the All Blacks played the second test against Ireland at the new AMI Stadium. The allegedly temporary arena was built in less than 100 days. If only some of the city’s still-waiting homeowners could get a piece of that kind of action. Still, the game promised ...

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