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Pics: Inside the Chicago All Blacks game!

After 34 years the All Blacks rugby team finally made it back to the United States.

We flew in to watch them whip the Eagles 74-6. But it wasn’t about the match for me, it was about the hoopla that surrounded it.

Here are a few photos I took at the sell-out 62,500 strong game at Soldier Field, Chicago…

Chicago All Blacks

Welcome to Chicago!

No guns allowed

No guns allowed…

Chicago rugby

Crazy fans!

Soldier stadium

Soldier Field stadium. Imagine a stadium this beautiful in New Zealand. It would be the most iconic building in all the land!

Crowd goes wild

And the crowd goes wild!

All Blacks in Chicago

The pre-match hoopla at Soldier Field, Chicago

Cold

It was 4 degrees in the shade! (Love the cheering American behind me 🙂

Soldier field

Getting ready for the haka

Kiwis

The kiwis are in town!

Soldier Field rugby

Go All Blacks! I yelled. The muppets didn’t agree.

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Hi, I'm Megan Singleton and I'm the word slinger of this travel blog as well as on radio in NZ every Sunday. Former Travel Editor at Yahoo NZ and current freelance writer for a few newspapers and mags from time to time, I set off on this travel writing journey 20 years ago and I've pretty much always got a suitcase half packed (or half un-packed!) I'd love you to join me on Facebook or Twitter and sign up for my newsletters if you want loads of travel tips, advice and deals!