The Touch Blacks are coming AND I'LL GET TO REF!!

 
I am so excited right now I'm ready to burst.

There's gonna be a "Trans Tasman" Test Series here in Australia over Anzac weekend (Apr. 24-26) when New Zealand and Australia will contest full international Test matches in Men's, Women's and Mixed divisions. Touch Footie doesn't get any better than that and I've already been looking forward to seeing it for weeks.

Well, for me personally, it actually just did get better. NZ will play warm-up games earlier in the week here against Sydney Rebels, my NTL/regional affiliate. And I've just been nominated [by Rebels] to the referee panel for these games!

Is it a full international? Okay, no. But I'm gonna be in the middle of the #2 Test playing nation in the world vs. a National/Regional Rep. side from the #1 Test playing nation... probably the highest and most challenging level of Touch I will referee in my fledgling career so I will TAKE IT GRACIOUSLY, thank you very much.

So much for resting after NTL... it's back to training for me! Bring it on :-)