Lucky to be in Wellington
He can’t understand why more emphasis hasn’t been made about the Black Fern’s four consecutive wins in the Women’s World Cup as opposed to the burgeoning Rugby World Cup.
“[The All Blacks] haven’t won a Rugby World Cup for 23 years, and let’s face it we might not win it again,” says Lewis.
“Some of the stuff that’s coming out about the Rugby World Cup, it’s not quite sick-making, but it’s really OTT,” he says. “Let’s face it. It’s a sports event.”
But his views aren’t all critical.
He’s giving a rare piece of support to Wellington’s councillors, who had the foresight to plan the Westpac Stadium ensuring it was the only one in the country that didn’t require refurbishment for the event.
From this newspaper office, the verdict is that the Cake Tin and its new branding has made it look better too.
“As much as I hate giving credit you have to say that the region’s councillors had the foresight when they built the Cake Tin,” says Lewis.
“It just shows that when you look at somewhere like Dunedin or what they’re doing at Eden Park – and I hate to think what they’re going to do in Christchurch – that when they built it they planned for something like this.”
Lewis also says matches allocated to Wellington are enviable including South Africa, France, Australia and of course, New Zealand.
“Wellington has done a lot better than most of the rest of the country – apart from Auckland – with the games it has. There are other places around New Zealand…where you’d have councillors wanting to throw money for games like that for the huge economic impact that it’s going to have.”
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