UPDATE: Confirmed.
I have a chance of a ticket to this:
Date of Event: Wednesday, 30 June 2004
Venue: Hong Kong Football Club
Time of Event: 12.15 pm to 4.00 pm
Format of the Event
1st half: starting with a 30 minute drinks on arrival / an introductory talk including a warm-up video of rugby world cup highlights / lunch 1-2 hours / player introductions and question time whereby players share their memories and relay accounts of private events and emotions before, during and after the Rugby World Cup.
2nd half: Look back on the players’ England careers recounting stories and banter from their amateur days and other England and Lions tours / raffle draw.
The compere will be former Lions and England hero Martin Bayfield.
Background to the Event
This lunch is part of a Far East Tour. The tour aims to raise funds for the Lawrence Dallaglio Benefit Year which supports 4 main charities — Cancer Research, Anthony Nolan Trust, PRA Rugby Players Benevolent Fund and the Richard Langhorn Trust. The committee has set a target of raising £1 million for these and other charities during his Benefit Year. A donation from the Tour will also be made to the Bali Bomb Fund.
— United States (definitely maybe)
I’ll see you there. I’ll be the Aussie trash talking all you cr@p Englishmen.
Are you going to be talking like that?
And how come an Aussie got an invite!?
“whereby players share their memories and relay accounts of private events and emotions before, during and after the Rugby World Cup.”
Please could you help me ask them how they felt after getting beaten 51-15 by Australia last week?
Gibbons.
Sure. Just after I’ve read the match reports from the Welsh tour to SA and watched the hard-to-find DVD: “Tryland: Great Moments In Thailand’s Rugby History”
Seriously I meant it.
FYI, I am not a welsh supporter - wrong person.
I dont understand why you sound mad.
chubby - i think the pre game introductions started and “Here come the World Champions, England” and Saturdays victory was your first against England since 1999!
shaky - sadly simon scrounged an invite thru a mutual friend of ours, but i will also be there and look forward to bringing him back to earth every time he gets a bit above himself and forgets the respect he should be showing his colonial masters
Joy, English and Australians talking about sports.
Why can’t you just look at dirty magazines and download bootleged albums in your lunch hour like everybody else in the world.