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The Rugby World Cup kicked off on Friday September 20, and Gulf Harbour Primary held a rugby-themed mufti day to celebrate.
It included a bake sale featuring rugby themed food, including cupcakes decorated with All Blacks flags.
“I am completely rugby mad, so we had to do something for the Rugby World Cup,” Gulf Harbour deputy principal Fiona Southgate says.
“During the last Rugby World Cup, I convinced the kids I was going to call my favourite All Blacks player, Ma’a Nonu, and tell him to get a try so we would win the game. Did I get through to him? No.
We did win though! One of the kids bought me my very own ‘Ma’a Nonu’ doll after it, too.”
While All Blacks’ jerseys dominated the mufti day attire – including one placed on George the office dog, a few supporters of other teams, including South Africa, England and Scotland, could be spotted.
The rugby hype went beyond the outfits and into the classroom, with maths activities including “how tall are you compared to an All Black”. To reach the 1.91m height of captain Kieran Read, Year 5 student Sophie Endlich needed a chair and a ruler.
