Rugby World Cup Australia 2008

My wife, daughter and I were touring Australia in 2008, which coincided with The Rugby World Cup. I am not a rugby fan, but my daughter is. When we arrived at our hotel in Perth, we unpacked, and went to the bar for drinks, before dinner. In the hotel bar were familiar sounding voices, we went in to find Group of rugby fans, from our Spotrs/Social club....in England! We had a few drinks and all the guys signed my daughters Warrington Wolves jersey that she was wearing at the time and that was that. A couple of weeks later, we were in Brisbane, and the hotel in which we were staying, was also being used by the Fiji national rugby team as they were competing in The World Cup. I asked their Captain(who was pointed out to me by the receptionist) if the team could also sign my daughters Wolves jersey, which they did, after some treasured photos were taken. We decided to go and watch Fiji play Ireland, as we were all now rugby fans! We bought a programme at the game, but decided against bothering the team again at the hotel, as they had already signed the jersey. We continued our tour and had a fantastic time. We boarded one of our return flights, headed for Singapore, and just before we were about to leave, a crowd of men in green tracksuits boarded the plane, it was the Ireland Rugby Team!...needless to say, the programme was rapidly unpacked, and the whole team signed it, and I have to say, were fantastic with my 11 year old daughter. What's the chances??....a none rugby fan going to a game he didn't even know was going to take place, and eneding up with both teams autographs, collected in different places! A real trip to remember. Tony Rich, Warrington, England.