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](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Chicago-rugby-flags.jpg)
Welcome to Chicago!
![No guns allowed](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/No-guns-allowed.jpg)
No guns allowed…
![Chicago rugby](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Crazy-American.jpg)
Crazy fans!
![Soldier stadium](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Soldier-stadium.jpg)
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](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Crowd-goes-wild.jpg)
And the crowd goes wild!
![All Blacks in Chicago](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Outside-the-game.jpg)
The pre-match hoopla at Soldier Field, Chicago
![Cold](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Cold.jpg)
It was 4 degrees in the shade! (Love the cheering American behind me 🙂
![Soldier field](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Soldier-field.jpg)
Getting ready for the haka
![Kiwis](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Kiwis.jpg)
The kiwis are in town!
![Soldier Field rugby](https://bloggeratlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/Go-All-Blacks.jpg)
Go All Blacks! I yelled. The muppets didn’t agree.