Horrific Traffic & Bad Day for Young Wallabies

Nikki and I flew into Buenos Aires from Brazil and got through all of the checks relatively easily. Then we headed out in our new hire car. The traffic was banked up whereever we went and they were just as crazy as their Brazilian neighbours. Only this time they could go 130km/hr legally so I think they were going 145-150 and right up someones arse.

Sunday arvo Traffic Out of Buenos Aires

We headed out to Rosario which is 3 hours north of Buenos Aires. We got there Sunady arvo and settled in to the Hotel Ariston. We found out that it was public holiday on Monday and everyone and everything was closed on Monday. We found out that the World U18 Junior Rugby championships were held in Argentina and the Grand Finals were in Rosario on Monday evening. What a great score!

Springboks vs Red Roses

We bought tickets and saw South Africa give England a touch up so they were 3rd and England 4th. The final was between arch rivals NZ & Australia. The game started and the dreaded Kiwis scored inside the first 2 minutes. Things looked black and I think the organizer went out and got the trophy engraved.

One for the Girls - Winners are Grinners

The All Blacks gave us a pasting. The Wallabies had made it to the grand final which was good but the Kiwi's were just too good.

The Lovely Locals Who Spotted the Only Aussie in the Cheap Seats

The highlights were getting to see the game in the first place and then getting to meet some of the locals. At halftime I went down to the sideline to see the field and they had a womens seven a-side, which was good to watch and their skills were very good. The ground is normally used for soccer and there was big 20 metre mesh fence behind each end but then I looked over the side panels and there was 5 metre deep moat around the ground aswell. 

Holiganism at a soccer matches obviously a bit of an issue!!.