Joshua's 15 minutes of Glory

It started with Joshua practising his flexibility and tackling/ruck skills with Daddy - and then a good luck kiss from Mummy .... the rest is set down in history ...

On Saturday 17th October 2009 Joshua and his team, The Mustangs' were asked to be one of 6 invited junior teams to play at the WestpacTrust Stadium (or as Wellingtonians call it ... 'the cake-tin') as the curtain raiser for the 'big' game of Wellington vs North Harbour. Rather than the curtain raiser, they thought the kiddies would get more 'impact' if they played at half-time - so as the Wellington 'Lions' ran off, the Mustangs ran on. I have to say it was a very emotional moment seeing them run on - they looked so tiny - and both Mummy & Daddy felt an incredible surge of pride! Although not a huge turnout, we still had around 8,000 spectators, so wow, what an opportunity ... how many people wait their entire live to have a chance to run onto the pitch at the Stadium and here is Josh at age 6 !

And then, the officials had to choose one of the 6 junior teams to be 'team of the day' and yes.... they chose the Mustangs, so all of them got a free movie pass, a certificate to say they had played at the Stadium and an interview on television ! Oh, what a day !!