Donal Lenihan: Successful All Blacks are lifting the mood of a country
BREAK: New Zealand's Sevu Reece runs from the defense to score a try during the rugby international between the All Blacks and Ireland at Eden Park in Auckland. Pic: Andrew Cornaga/Photosport
If you think things are challenging at home at the moment, the last week in Auckland proved that things are even worse over here. This beautiful city has become a bit of a ghost town with a vast swathe of cafes and restaurants closed as a result of continual lockdowns due to the pandemic.
Added to that, the centre resembles one gigantic building site with the disruption caused by construction of a new underground rail link system for the city and its surrounds making it difficult to navigate your way around the streets, even on foot. Started in 2016 the City Rail Link is the largest transport infrastructure project ever to be undertaken in New Zealand.
