13 September Sunday 13th September heralded the most important day of the tour so far for the Blues squad, with the eagerly anticipated match against Waseda University. Senior management and the Kiwi Captain of the Blues, Fraser 'Awww yeahh!' Gemmel, had been taken out to dinner by the Waseda Univ. RFC Committee, Captain and Coach of the Wasea side on Saturday night. The hosts included several members of the 1952 Waseda team that played OURFC 50 years ago. The Blues knew they were in for a tough ride as the Waseda coach was reported as being 'extremely confident' during the dinner. The Blues took the hour long coach ride to the Kamiigusa ground, including a trip down the rather narrow street where now renowned tour bad boy Nick Woods was seen misappropriating Waseda flags after the training session on Saturday, ahead of Sunday's game. The young philanderer was apparently not in his usually athletic state owing to an alleged visit to a local night spot the evening before with another Blues debutante, Robert Sugden. I am sure the tour court will identify the true occurrences behind these allegations and dish out its usual rough justice next Sunday night for this particularly heinous crime of going 'on the puss', the night before a match. The Blues were surprised to find hordes of Japanese fans awaiting their arrival outside the stadium waving Union Jacks and cheering on the mighty Dark Blues. Those considerable few within the squad who are not strictly British, being mostly from such Commonwealth nations as Australia, New Zealand and Canada, were most put out that their minority was not proportionally represented within the crowd. Politics aside, the Blues were incredibly touched by yet another fantastic display of hospitality by the Japanese. The size and apparent enthusiasm of the crowd as the team arrived shocked some of the squad though, including Nick 'Scouser' Edwards, who was heard by the author to exclaim, 'why have they all turned out for just a bunch of pikey students'. Good point Scouse. The match was filmed live by Japanese television, and was the first match to be played on this new ground for the Waseeda Team. Prior to the game, the players were introduced to former Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Mori, the President and Vice-president of the Japanese Rugby Union and Mr Kubo Hiroshi from our excellent sponsors the Yomiuri Shimbun. See match report The post match celebrations were a lavish event, with the squad tucking in to Sushi, prime roast beef and plenty of Waseda's own brew of lager. After numerous lengthy speeches, including a haka from Fraser Gemmel and the Kiwi Waseda coach, the squad moved to a restaurant with the Waseda team where the Blues were shamelessly beaten in a number of drinking games. This loss may have something to do with the language barrier which prevented the Blues from understanding exactly what drinking games the Waseda players wanted to us to follow. The presence of Sam Adlen's sister Meg and her friend Amy provided a welcome new focus for the players as she led the squad to a number of night spots in Roppongi, the expatriate nightlife centre of Tokyo.