Our trip to the Brighton Community Stadium

By  Freya C, Balfour Primary School

We were invited to visit the Brighton Community Stadium to have a good look around and to get an idea of what it will be like during Rugby World Cup 2015 in September.

We saw the changing rooms, also the press conference room as well as getting a look at the actual pitch.

Balfour pupils in the changing room

We asked lots of questions about the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015.

We learnt lots of interesting facts during our trip, including;-

·        The pitch at Falmer uses 3G artificial grass

·        All four of the Rugby teams, USA, Japan, Samoa and South Africa, who are playing in Brighton, have already been to have a look round the stadium where they will be playing

·        There will be only three  days between Brighton football matches and the first Rugby match on September 19 so the staff will have very little time to sort out the pitch

·        They need to use a tractor to help lift the Rugby posts into place