Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
The final was oddly disappointing. As has been said, the French played to win (but lost) and the All Blacks played to lose (but just managed to win).
I was intrigued to see that a solo singing spot was given after the game to a girl called Amy Westenra. There is a tartan registered to the Westenra family of Christchurch – her family, I shouldn’t wonder.
The name looks Dutch to me, but then that is not a hindrance to having a tartan.
Regards,
Mike
Well, I saw the match here in Holland yesterday morning. Indeed, I thought the French played a far better game than the Kiwis, but never mind... Still happy that they won!

Luckily here on Dutch television we were spared the trauma of having to hear Hayley Westenra (her family are from Christchurch, and I believe that her name is Dutch (Fries?)). Anyway, she's a bit of a celebrity singer, something of a sort of cross-over Sarah Brightman type- but something about her voice and "musicality" just kind of gets to me. Considering, we as a nation have produced the likes of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Malvina Major, Jonathan Lemalu, Oscar Natzka, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sir Donald McIntyre among others...

Anyway, I hope she didn't embarrass herself too much :S


Cheers!

Michael
To The All Blacks! ;)