We beat the Aussies and Auckland goes mad!

"The best moment of my life" was how one of our guests, 69 years of age, described our great win over Australia.For all of us fortunate to be there it was simply one of those matches we will never forget.You have never seen anything like it. The stadium was heaving with well over half supporting the Irish thanks to the Kiwis desire to see...

New Plymouth Hangover

New Plymouth didn't know what hit it. Thousands of fans painted the town green and drank it dry!Our tour group met up for lunch in a local bar then headed up by coach to the match with a great sing song on the way! Conditions at the match were terrible so we all had to head to a nice warm bar afterwards to dry off. The general consensus was...

Opening Ceremony - Party Time!

The start of RWC was a brilliant time to be in Auckland as every Kiwi was mad for a party! Despite the long flight all our tour party arrived in that morning, showered and headed for "party central". Over 100,000 people were down on the waterfront soaking up the great sunshine and of course the beer! A huge firework display took place off...

Our tour begins!

I thought we would start this blog with the bleeding obvious - it takes ages to get to NZ! My business partner Mark just rang me to let me know!! He is now in Sydney waiting for his three hour flight onto Auckland and has had enough of flying already! He also sent me the worlds most boring photo! I promise that these will improve!Apparently...

Pre World Cup Social - Ireland v England

Despite miserable rain and miserable rugby, I have to say there was some fantastic banter in the D4 Berkeley on Saturday when our tour group had our first social outing of the trip to New Zealand. Ireland may have gotten their backsides reddened by the English but you'd never had thought it with the smiley, cheerful Irish fans clutching their...

Trevor Brennan Rugby Tours Blog - Rugby World Cup 2011

I just wanted to give a warm welcome to those of you having a read of the blog we will be running for Rugby World Cup 2011. A lively, vibrant and enthusiatic group of Irish rugby supports head to New Zealand eager to see an improvement from Declan Kidneys men. You won't need us to tell you the score of the match, but find out where the craic...

Group Bonding

We currently have 30 guests on tour with us and this number will swell to nearly 80 on Friday ready for Ireland v Australia. It's amazing how just after a few days great friendships are made on tour. This pic was taken at about 1.30am in our hotel bar in Rotorua. There is nothing like a love for rugby, a few drinks and having the craic to...