Bledisloe legends play for quake appeal

[beige]

A charity rugby match between the Classic All Blacks and their old Australia rivals in Brisbane has raised almost $A300,000 for the Christchurch earthquake relief fund.

The All Black veterans, including Cantabrians Justin Marshall, Scott Robertson, Caleb Ralph and Reuben Thorne, won 58-20 at Ballymore on Thursday night though the score line was always of secondary importance.

A crowd of around 20,000 watched their Test heroes roll back the years with a game wisely divided into four 20 minutes quarters - and unlimited substitutions -- to build in plenty of recovery time.

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8222405

[TOCC]

it actually raised over $400'000, it was a great example of the rugby community coming together to support one another.. a sell-out crowd on a Thursday night is a pretty impressive performance by any margin

[zimeric]

fantastic to see latham diving for the corner again!

[TOCC]

[Burgs]

ARU Report:
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/aap/s-7.../section/21893

Were you able to go TOCC? Would have been great to watch I'm sure.
Though by the score line there looks to be a bit of competitive spirit left in the old fellas yet, no one point contrived win.

[KenyaQuin]

Was this on telly (Fox or otherwise)?

[Burgs]

Don't know KQ, but would think there would have to be some footage for the Rugby Club being two (more?) of their commentators involved?

[TOCC]

no didnt go, im not even in australia at the moment...

the game was streamed live on Triple M though... I think it was a case that the organisers really didnt think it would be as popular as it was, it was only proposed by Greg Martin as a joke 2 weeks ago.

[jargan83]

Was this on telly (Fox or otherwise)?

Nope

[GIGS20]

A couple of crosses in the rugby club showed marto and Timmy horan's ugly heads and no rugby to speak of, but other than that no