It might have taken 24 years, but the above image is one that will go down in history. I am so proud to be a kiwi right now!! 24 years after hosting & winning the first Rugby World Cup, we have finally both hosted and won it again. We have been called many things over the years - mostly chokers but after last nights game, the All Blacks are the 2011 Rugby World Champions. We have dominated the world of rugby for years and have been that team that other teams look up to, but somehow the biggest reward in world rugby has alluded us... but no more! And what a game it was.. I did actually think there for a minute it might have been a French win.. but thankfully the boys held one and got the silverware...
I know its been said but you do have to put into perspective just how much this means to NZ as a country. We haven't had the best year when it comes down to it (and yes I say this in light of the floods in Asia, the deadly earthquakes in Japan & Turkey).. when you look at it tho.. it has been pretty much an 'Annus horribilis' - to steal a phrase from the Queen.
1) Sept saw the first earthquake in Chch
2) The Pine River disaster
3) The deadly Feb quake
4) The Rena disaster
Not to mention all the crap weather that happened around the nation & the constant aftershocks in Chch... this has definitely been a year that most people would like to forget, but then to host the Rugby World Cup - which by all accounts has been a wonderful success and to top that off with the unofficial King of New Zealand - Richie McCaw holding that gold cup above his head, well that is the stuff that dreams are made of.
I am so proud of the All Blacks, of New Zealand and to be a kiwi. There is no better nation in the world and when you see moments like last night, you know why it is be the best country in the world - no matter what the world throws at us. NZ is and always will be Aotearoa - Godzone
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