After a long time of going past the Murrayfield stadium on the train, finally got to see inside…We went to watch Scotland v Australia yesterday, with my mum and dad. My brother is a rugby teacher, so Dad went to LOTS of matches with him in earlier stages. Dan and I are no way as knowledgeable, but it seemed a good option for a day out together.
They said that the crowd was the biggest ever for a Scotland – Australia match: over 62000! We could certainly see almost all the seats filled. The section before the match included a pipe band, anthems etc. When the Scottish team ran onto the pitch, they let off fireworks at each end (a subtle purple). They also had black boxes on wheels that blew flames at this point.
Best part of the match: seeing a try scored right at our end in the first 10 minutes. Seeing Australia win by over 20 points was less good, but it was still a good match to watch. The crowd was also quite entertaining: at one point, 4 Father Christmases came up the stairs nearest us. Later on after the interval, only 2 returned…was it something in the pies?
Thankfully we had dry weather all match, and came home to a big pot of stew all ready for us. It’s not so much the winning as the taking part in eating.
