Waka Voyage & treaty grounds. No rugby til Friday, so time to see other parts of NZ, tenders off boat at 8am, have done hour in gym and had shower and breakfast. Sounds like an early start but we slept from 2pm yesterday with an hour break at 10pm to eat! With all the travel and matches being so late we do not have a bedtime, just sleep when nothing happening! So about the trip, well first we met someone from St Ives, Phil Allen and someone else from Cornwa...

Machines are neat, individual TV screens with earphone attachments. Not much room with all the machines, but there is a mat and heavy ball to do exercises. Dad looks a bit bored! Lady in charge of spa and gym chatted to us offering help if needed so letters did the trick. Gym is mostly unmanned unless a trainer is working with someone. The ball is so heavy, must be 5k plus.

Shipwreck!!? Bed at 2.15am so planned a long lie in. Scrap that as note in cabin said lifeboat drill at 9.30! Ah well, that means I get to have breakfast . . . Except dad is making me earn it by short gym session.

Here we are again, this time it is serious RWC business. I have left my AB shirt in room which had Dan Carter on back. For tonight's game of Australia v New Zealand I asked for the new White collar AB shirt. Hope it brings good luck or dad says it is $220 down the drain! Feeling really nervous and atmosphere has been building all day. So lucky to be here, thanks to this blog, it will be something to look back on in future. Wow, what a relief, what a lot of bloo...

Late night back, but we leave on Monday to do a few stopovers and tours. Back for more rugby at end of week. As on ship all day, will do a couple of gym sessions.