It was just another usual pre-season week for the convicts this week except for one thing… it was Mardi Gras!! The boys didn’t play any rugby matches this Saturday but they did don their rugby gear and strut their stuff up Oxford Street to the roar of tens of thousands. With this years’ Mardi Gras theme being ‘Nations United’ the Convicts’ float was a colourful exhibition of the various rugby nations of the world united together in a mock rugby match. Some of the boys wore the jerseys of nations abroad, whilst others (in the true Mardi Gras spirit) opted for a painted on jersey (hot as…). There was skin, there was rumbling, there was muscle (well okay in some cases there was some other more jelly like stuff but we’ll just call it muscle anyway.), and most importantly there was fun and overwhelming sense of team spirit and belonging. It was a sensational night for all, one that will be remembered by all for a long time to come.