Nice ground, good atmosphere. But jeepers, it was cold.
The new ground for test rugby in Christchurch, whatever it is called - it seems to have about three different names - is great for a city which has been dealt a savage blow by nature.
It is compact, and has great views, with the two main stands within spitting distance of the main field.
The capacity crowd on Saturday night enjoyed having test rugby back in the Garden City, to provide another sign that normality is returning to the place.
There was a fair bit of emotion shown by spectators when the All Blacks ran out.
It is very much a temporary stadium. Built in about 100 days, it could be nothing else.
All the stands are huge scaffolding jigsaws, and it was hard to fathom, with the city's recent history, why spectators tried to bang their feet to make a rumbling noise on Saturday night.
But it is cold.
Jack Frost put on a fine effort in Christchurch on Saturday night, so it was always going to be chilly.
But it seemed colder than any game played at the old, now wrecked, stadium near the city centre.
Freezing conditions like those on Saturday do not make for a great rugby spectacle.
The big debate in Christchurch is going to be how temporary this temporary stadium will be.
The head honchos in rugby circles there want a covered stadium. They make no secret of it.
Bigger and better than Dunedin's, even. It is not going to come cheap.
And is it realistic when some of the city's citizens still have portable toilets and live in caravans?That is a political question to be debated long and hard.
And those living about 400km south will be watching with interest.
