A few weeks ago a few of our Full Boarders were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to the Wallabies match against the Springboks at ANZ Stadium – the opening match of the Tri-Nations for 2011. The tickets were donated by an anonymous parent who simply asked for us to invite a few boys who deserved the experience and would really enjoy it.

So Joseph McCarthy (Fiji), Jacob Goodwin (Dubbo) and Lachlan Day (Wagga Wagga) headed out to Homebush for what turned out to be a great night for the Wallabies. A 39-20 win ensured a great start to the Tri-Nations campaign and a wonderful experience for the boys who enjoyed the atmosphere, the rugby and a superb performance by fellow Joe-Boy Kurtley Beale.

In typical fashion, we ran into many other Joeys families at the stadium from across all year groups, staff and old-boys. One of which was the family of Jack O’Brien (Walgett) who also enjoyed the Wallabies win and brush with fame at the end of the game – as you can see from the photo below!

Photo 1: Joe McCarthy, Lachlan Day and Jacob Goodwin enjoy their outing to the Wallabies first test in the Tri-Nations.

Photo: Lachlan Day, Jack O’Brien and Jacob Goodwin hang out with Wallabies centre Adam AShley-Cooper. Note that Joe McCarthy was off collecting his 250 seat cushions from around the stadium!