Day 24 Rotorua Auckland

Our last travel day but one. Destination Auckland. The boys are experts at packing now. Rooms are emptied bags packed and on the bus with a minimum of fuss. En route to Auckland we passed through Hamilton home to the Waikato chiefs rugby team. On over the Bombay hills (South of here doesn’t count for the big city folk) and into the metropolis. Auckland Grammer is situated on Mount Eden. We get a glimpse of our opponents home for tomorrow. Our home for the next four days is a fourteen storey hotel in the heart of the city. Two blocks away form the Auckland Sky Tower. A short walk down Queen Street and a quick team meeting close to the harbour. Dinner, lots of choices, a bit worrying, McDonalds. KFC, Dominos all visible from the hotel. To bed and ready for match day tomorrow. An undefeated tour record to defend. Tomorrows teams are:

1^st 15 v Auckland Grammer: Conor Thompson, Eoin Howlin, James Tracey, Jack Cantillon, Ciaran O’Neachtain, Marcus Duke, Rob O’Connor, Ronan Mangan, Marc Crowe, Conor Browne, Adrian Dunne, Cormac Dillon, Sam Coughlan Murray, Kevyn Mahon, Gary Burns.

2^nd 15 v Auckland Grammer: Ciaran Boyle, Conor McHugh, David Rigney, James Doyle, Jamie Davis, Daniel Tinsley, Finnian Logan, William O’Brien, Peter Osborne, Ronan O’Neachtain, Jake O’Connor, David Moynihan, Chris McCarthy, Cathal Maguire, Michael Brown.