Reds Do the City Proud at Global 10s

16 teams from around the world playing a fast-paced style of rugby - what’s not to love about that? If you weren’t at the Global 10s competition over the weekend, you missed out.

I was there for every single game and it was an awesome event. 12 mens teams, and 4 womens teams from Australia(!) put on a great show. 

On day one, the Reds went down to the Auckland Blues in their first game and were pipped past the post by the Melbourne Rebels in their second (14-17). Even though the results didn’t go our way, I was proud of the boys for giving everything on the pitch.

Day two, the Reds had a taste of victory (read “thrashing”) against the Japanese Wild Cats (38-7). Then, after making it through to the quarter-finals, they beat last years champs, the Chiefs. Unfortunately, they went down to the Blues in the semi-final (with the Blues going on to win the competition.)

The crowd was great, with a lot of people cheering for each team. (A lot of photos from during the afternoon games are deceiving because one side of the stadium had the sun beating down on it. However, on other side where I was sitting (in the shade) there were plenty of fans cheering, making for a great atmosphere.

The womens Reds team took out the competition! Congratulations to them on beating the Waratahs in the final! The Reds smashed the Brumbies and Rebels without conceding any points. The teams arch-blue-rivals did beat them in game 1, but that didn’t matter in the end when they lifted the trophy.

Go Reds!