Rugby enthusiasts all-around the globe are beginning to get excited with the 2011 Rugby World Cup due to kick off in Sept. This season NZ, and their formidable All Black team are playing host, which provides an neat motivation for rugby fanatics to take a look at this amazing slice of paradise. aka Middle Earth.

Tests have to be played across the nation which includes famous destinations like Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, New Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, which basically puts the onus on you to take in as much of this fantastic country as possible. Naturally to ensure that the greatest possible audiences make it to the major games, these will be held in the bigger cities like Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. The big final will be played in the nation’s biggest city so hotels in Auckland will be really hard to come by. I recommend making a reservation as quickly as you can.

So if you are following your country’s rugby team to New Zealand, do not miss the possibility to soak as much as you can in New Zealand. There truly is a bit of everything from the vibrant lights and big city of Auckland to stylish small town New Zealand and the extreme habitat of the amazing Southern Alps. Coinciding with the World Rugby Cup in Sept. and November is the REAL New Zealand event. It is taking place country wide and promises to show off all that New Zealand has to offer so should be a superb show. Use the scenic road as you journey from game to game and encounter New Zealand arts, foods, red or white wine, history, lifestyle, entertainment and much more with amazing events around the country.

Twickenham Stadium is not only the second largest stadium in the UK, its 82,000 capacity makes it one of the largest in Europe too. Due to its size and capability it means that England is one of the only nations who actually host all their rugby union games at just the one stadium. The Twickenham Stadium wasnt always a sporting venue, starting life as a cabbage field it was used to house cattle during the First World War.