It took over a decade to achieve it, but the mighty Vodafone New Zealand Warriors have finally won a game in the capital.
And what a way to end this hoodoo - and this writer's hoodoo which saw the writer finally got a chance to see the Warriors win at the ground for the first time in 5 attempts - as the Warriors made absolute mince meat of the Wests Tigers in windy Wellington.
It was hard to believe that the Wests Tigers actually led 12-0 earlier in the game to silence the 22,000 odd crowd at Westpac Stadium. Alas, the Warriors finally found space out on the right hand side through Glen Fisiiahi and Konrad Hurrell and found themselves in front 14-12 at half time thanks to a comedy of errors at the back.
Indeed, if this was to a lesson on how not to defend at the back, the video of this game would be selling like hot cakes as both Warriors and Tigers were guilty of not treating the bouncing ball in the in-goal with respect and many of the tries on the night were the result of some shocking defensive choices in the red zone.
Nevertheless, the Warriors more than made up for that with some electric play from Konrad Hurrell to put their Wellington hoodoo in style.
42-18 it finished and it was a game that the Wellington crowd will never forget. Here are the highlights in case you missed them!
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