Dunedin is quality. Watched a distinctly average England performance yesterday followed by what can only be described as one of the best nights I have ever had. Having a couple of drinks in a bar on the main square and none other than 9 England players came along. Apparently Tuilagi is even bigger in real life than he appears on tv, if that's even believable. Thompson, Hape, Banahan, Easter, Lawes, Armitage, Shaw, Tuilagi, Tindal. Apparently Tindal also agrees than Sharples should be here. And when asked if he makes the lads call him Prince, he casually replies "Nah, just Lord" and sees off the rest of his pint, before scratching his twisted stump of a nose triumphantly. But before all that we had a drive down to here from Christchurch, choosing a route that was slightly
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