Hurricanes Captain TJ Perenara with Ōtaki fans, from left, Leo Pettigrew, Louis Bevan, Witana Cameron and Jayaiah Ashford.
I have a favour to ask, not for me, but for a fellow rugby fan. But first the story.
Back in June I wrote how I'd taken a son and three of his mates to the Hurricanes match against the Crusaders at the newly renamed Sky Stadium in Wellington.
Last Saturday night I took the same lads to see the Hurricanes take on the in-form Blues. An exciting match made even better by the sweet taste of victory.
The crowd had grown in numbers from the June game. In the last few minutes, with the scoreboard even, and the Hurricanes driving a maul towards their tryline, I reckon the crowd roar was the extra bit of energy they needed to close in for a match winning try.
After the match the fans were allowed to go down on to the grass to congratulate the players, get autographs and selfies. I've never even known that. That was a super cool thing to get to do - thanks to the stadium for letting us do that.
