Day 11 - Johannesburg

We left Durban bright and early for our flight to Johannesburg. Upon arrival, we drove down to  Unika Laerskool for our final game of the tour. As against Umhlali, we put out an 'A' and 'B' XV with Unika lending us a number of players to make up the second team. It was the first time Unika Laerskool had hosted an overseas side and they were keen to make a good show of it, starting with the two teams lining up to sing their respective national anthems before the game.

Both matches were then played concurrently. Similarly to yesterday, the 'B' team found it quite difficult but the 'A' team raised their game once again and put in another fantastic performance against an Afrikaans side determined not to give up. We eventually won 35-3 and the performance clearly met the approval of the watching Afrikaans cheerleaders.

In the evening we went to Montacasino, a surreal indoor recreation of an Italian village complete with painted sky, for dinner and to celebrate Ed and Khalil's birthday.