It was an incredible game, the first of three games the two teams will play against each other. The Lions won the game 23-21. The Wallabies had a chance to win it on a game winning penalty goal, however, Kurtley Beale lost his footing while he was attempting the kick and fell. A player who was on the bench for the Wallabies, Saia Faingaa, is a GPS player who we had hung out with a week before at the GPS fields. Unfortunately he did not get in that game, however, we are sure he will get more playing time in the future! Our seats were pretty good and it was an incredible atmosphere. Just under 56,000 people were in the sold out stadium - the highest number of people to ever fit inside Suncorp Stadium.
After the game we took a picture with the statue of Wally Lewis - the great Rugby League player.
The road that runs by the stadium, Caxton Street, was closed down for the night. After the game everyone fled to the bars and the Lions fans - all 30,000 of them - were celebrating.
We went to a couple of cool places in town as well, and ended our night at a club called Friday's. At Friday's we ran into a number of different Super Fifteen players. I talked with Queensland Reds' Lock David McDuling for a bit as well as some other Reds' players. We also hung out with Nigel Genia who plays for the Western Force. His brother, Will Genia, was the scrumhalf for the Wallabies that night. We also ran into Quade Cooper as well, which was certainly a highlight.
Overall it was an incredible night - definitely one of the greatest memories of our trip so far!
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