A British and Irish Lions fan drunkenly convinced his father to fly with him to New Zealand for the third test at Eden Park after watching last week's second test win from a pub in London.
Paul Farrell was celebrating last Saturday's victory over the All Blacks in London when, after a few too many beers, rang his 82-year-old father Henry and proposed the idea to make a dash to Auckland for the deciding test.
"Last Saturday morning I went out for a few beverages, obviously, to watch the Lions in the second test, expecting to be defeated," he told the Radio Sport Breakfast this morning.
"In our absolute astonishment, and I'd just like to say thank you to Sonny Bill William, we managed to secure a victory and from there on it was all up hill. Several drinks later, mid-afternoon, I was under the weather, let's say, and I phoned my father and said "I think we're going to have to do it Henry'. And that very afternoon, while inebriated we booked the tickets and we arrived yesterday morning."
Paul's father Henry, who visited New Zealand for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, said his son was so keen to book the flights that he couldn't turn him down.
