Reds Rugby Rules heads to Townsville

Last weekend I joined a large group of Reds members for a day trip to Townsville! It was an awesome experience, ending with a win by Queensland, against the Chiefs. (What a great game it was, but I’ll get to that soon.)

We left Brisbane just before midday, on Saturday morning. The flight was pretty comfortable and enjoyable!

Then after landing in Townsville, we headed to the Cowboys Leagues club for lunch with the crew - the steak (and the company) was pretty good!

We did have a few hours to kill before the gates opened and I was lucky to hear a great local band playing outdoors, around the corner. ACDC, Screaming Jets and a whole lot classics that everyone loves… it was awesome.

After that, I made my way to “Queensland Country Bank Stadium”, known to the locals as “Cowboys Stadium” (no idea why!)

The brand new stadium was very easy to get around (easily “accessible”, as they say) and thanks to Minako and the Reds Membership crew, we had some of the best seats in the house. Before the game, we heard some great speeches and stories from a few past Reds and Wallabies, including Angus Scott-Youngs dad, Sam. I enjoyed chatting with him and some of the other rugby legends also. (No photo to prove it, but it was fun.)

We sat right next to tunnel before the players ran out for the game. It’s been a while since I’ve been that close to the field - again… it was pretty fun!

Close up shot of Filipo Daugunu and the boys running out

Photo cred: Minako from the Reds Membership team

As Reds fans will have heard, it was a great result for Queensland. 5 tries in a row by the Reds, put them ahead 33-3 at half-time. A second half rally almost saw the Chiefs come back, but the Reds finished strong and held out in front of a very loud crowd.

After the game, we travelled straight to the airport and caught the same chartered plane back to Brisbane! We landed just after 1am… (I’m pretty sure the Reds staff were tired too.) What an amazing trip it was though.

Thanks heaps to Minako the Reds team for organising the tour. I can’t wait until the next one!