Waikato Stadium

16 Sept – New Zealand vs Japan

18 Sept – Wales vs Samoa

Trafalgar Park, Nelson

20 Sept – Italy vs Russia

27 Sept – Italy vs USA

Arena Manawatu

28 Sept – Georgia vs Romania

Wellington Regional Stadium

1 Oct – France vs Tonga

2 Oct – New Zealand vs Canada

West Coast Rugby Club,
Westport

24 Sept – Maulers vs Buller Old Boys

College Old Boys Rugby Club,
Palmerston North

30 Sept – Maulers vs COB Mad Butcher XV

Date

Overnight at:

Friday 16 Sept

Hamilton

Auckland to Hamilton – 125 kms

5 pm - Meet at Fraser Tech Rugby Club
(corner Norton Rd and Mill St, Frankton) for pre-match meal & drinks.

8 pm – New Zealand vs Japan

Camp overnight at FTRC.

Saturday 17 Sept

Hamilton

Breakfast available at FTRC

12 pm - Golf tee off

Camp overnight at FTRC.

Sunday 18 Sept

Hamilton

Breakfast available at FTRC

3:30 pm – Wales vs Samoa

Camp overnight at FTRC.

Monday 19 Sept

Wellington

Breakfast available at FTRC

Hamilton to Waiouru – 270 kms

8:30 am – On the road again!

1 pm – Lunch at Waiouru Army Museum

2 pm – South to Wellywood.

Waiouru to Wellington – 266 kms

Stay at Capital Gateway Motor Inn

1 Newlands Rd, Wellington.

Phone (04) 4787812

Tuesday 20 Sept

Nelson

7:30 am – Meet at Interislander Ferry Terminal Carpark

8:25 am - Ferry sailing across Cook Strait

11:40 am – Arrive Picton

Picton to Havelock – 68 kms

1 pm – Meet for lunch at The Mussel Pot in Havelock

Havelock to Nelson – 73 kms

2:30 pm – Continue to Nelson

5 pm - Meet in supermarket carpark corner of Bridge St & Collingwood St

7:30 pm – Italy vs Russia at Trafalgar Park

Wednesday 21 Sept

Greymouth

9 am – South to Greymouth via Murchison.

Nelson to Murchison – 132 kms

Buller Gorge Swing Bridge anyone?
Or Whitewater rafting?

Murchison to Greymouth – 164 kms

Stay at Greymouth Seaside Top 10 Holiday Park, Chesterfield St. Phone (03) 7686618

Thursday 22 Sept

Greymouth

Day trip to Hokitika … Or TranzAlpine train to Chch (departs noon; returns 9am)

Greymouth to Hokitika – 44 kms

Hokitika to Greymouth – 44 kms

Friday 23 Sept

Westport

9 am - North to Westport

Greymouth to Westport – 100 kms

11 am – Golf tee off

4 pm – Tour of Good Bastards’ Brewery

Camp overnight at Westport RFC.

Saturday 24 Sept

Westport

11 am – Game vs Buller Old Boys

1 pm – Heartland Championship match: Buller vs West Coast

5 pm – Hangi at Westport RFC??

7 pm – Watch NZ vs France

Camp overnight at Westport RFC.

Sunday 25 Sept

Kaiteriteri

10 am – North to Motueka … Nelson Lakes … Kaiteriteri

Westport to Motueka – 249 kms

Motueka to Kaiteriteri – 14 kms

Stay at Kaiteriteri Beach Motor Camp

Phone (03) 5278010

Monday 26 Sept

Nelson

10 am – Ferry tour of Abel Tasman Resrve

1 pm – Travel to Nelson

Kaiteriteri to Nelson – 61 kms

Tuesday 27 Sept

Nelson

7:30 pm – Italy vs USA at Trafalgar Park

Wednesday 28 Sept

Palmerston North

7:30 am – Hit the road Jack!

Nelson to Picton – 141 kms

9:30 am – Meet at Interislander Ferry Terminal Carpark

10:05 am - Ferry sailing across Cook Strait

1:20 am – Arrive Wellington

2 pm – North to Palmerston North

Wellington to Palmerston North – 143 kms

5 pm – Smorgasbord roast dinner at:

The Bunnythorpe Tavern,

Cnr Campbell Road & Dixon’s Line, Bunnythorpe, Manawatu.

Ph (06) 3292832

7:30 pm – Georgia vs Romania

Camp overnight at The Bunnythorpe Tavern

Thursday 29 Sept

Palmerston North

Breakfast available at Bunnythorpe Tavern

10 am – Golf tee off (Fielding Golf Club)

Friday 30 Sept

Palmerston North

Breakfast available at Bunnythorpe Tavern

10 am –NZ Rugby Museum - 87 Cuba St

5 pm – Game vs Mad Butcher XV

7 pm – BBQ / Aftermatch at COB Tavern

Saturday 1 Oct

Wellington

Breakfast available at Bunnythorpe Tavern

11 am – Backtrack to Wellywood for HUGE double-header weekend at The Cake Tin.

Palmerston North to Wellington – 143 kms

6 pm – France vs Tonga

Stay at Capital Gateway Motor Inn,
1 Newlands Rd, Wellington.
Phone (04) 4787812

Sunday 2 Oct

Wellington

3:30 pm – New Zealand vs Canada

Stay at Capital Gateway Motor Inn.

Monday 3 Oct

Auckland

9 am – North to Auckland

Wellington to Taupo – 375 kms

Taupo to Auckland – 284 kms