Golden Oldies Rugby

Somewhere in the course of the week I spent in Wellington, drinking my way through my first ever Golden Oldies Rugby Festival someone coined the term Schoolies Week for Old People. Never in my life have I heard anything described so accurately!

This week long slop-fest embraces the main core value held by all rugby players - BEER! This was promptly followed by more beer and then some more beer and more and more - (well you get the drift).

Anyway after the first day we were required to play. Unfortunately (or not, depending on how you look at it) our first game was at 4pm. In true rugby fashion we were so pissed we were lucky to be walking let alone playing and the game ended in the oldies tradition of Nil all and a round of drinks. The week rapidly degenerated from there.

With over 160 teams and roughly 4000 players, Wellington never knew what hit it. You couldn't walk into a pub without running into 2 or 3 teams, wanting to know where you're from and wanting to have a beer with you. The whole city was crawling with old beer sodden rugby players, whose past playing careers got better and better as the week progressed.

Buses were put on to get us everywhere, therefore negating the need to sober up. Plus plenty of pre and post match entertainment, so we had something to watch whilst partaking in an ale or two. Theres no such thing as responsible service of alcohol when it comes to over 35's - if you want more piss - they just give it to you! My liver and kidneys hate me but they were on the way out anyway.

Gentlemen if you're not over 35 then get some fake ID and get on one of these trips!! It was seriously some of the best piss drinking fun i've ever had!

See you in Scotland in 2008!