Kiwis plan victory parade
18 Oct 2011
Reports in New Zealand indicate that plans are already underway to stage a ticker-tape parade for the All Blacks in Auckland next week.
The All Blacks lifted a nation when they beat the Wallabies in last Sunday’s semi-final. While their coaches and players are talking up their final opponents and shunning those that would suggest that they have one collective hand on the Webb Ellis Cup, preparations for the post-match victory lap have already begun.
According to The New Zealand Herald, Auckland Council chiefs and the New Zealand Rugby Union have been in talks to organise a ticker-tape parade up Queen Street on Wednesday or Thursday next week. Some of the locals feel this is presumptuous, while others are worried that it is simply tempting fate.
The newspaper reports that those involved in the staging of such a parade have been reluctant to comment, with NZRU spokeswoman Julie Clausen stressing that the focus is on winning the competition and that all talk of victory parades is premature.
It has been confirmed that a celebratory event will be staged regardless of Sunday’s result. Organisers of the Labour Day festival, Kiwi Day Out, say this is not a pre-emptive party for All Black success, but rather a celebration of all teams in the World Cup.
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18 Oct 2011, 09:52 am
@grant10(grant10)-105:
you and King Skop were right all along, must wind them up something wicked.
Good.
18 Oct 2011, 09:53 am
@KiaKahaNZ(KiaKahaNZ)-194:
That may well have been the case, but honestly.
It was embarrassing. How niaive were the local stadia administrators to sell full access to corporate boxes irrespective of what competitions were being run.
As it was, the Eden Park Trust Board became all too greedy.
In the first 2 years of the Super 12, they continued the pricing arrangement which meant there was a significant discount if you bought a season ticket.
From year 3 onward they ramped up the prices and you only got an effective discount if you attended every single match. There simply was no incentive to fork out a $1,000 for a season ticket, which was only around 10% below face value when you couldn’t be sure you would make every match and there were spare tickets begging to be bought for every game.
18 Oct 2011, 09:58 am
IRB World Rankings
Position (last week)
1(1) NEW ZEALAND 91.34
2(2) AUSTRALIA 86.49
3(5) FRANCE 84.79
4(3) SOUTH AFRICA 84.34
5(6) ENGLAND 81.58
6(4) WALES 81.10
7(7) IRELAND 80.65
8(8) ARGENTINA 80.28
9(9) TONGA 76.63
10(10) SCOTLAND 76.20
11(11) SAMOA 75.81
12(12) ITALY 73.99
18 Oct 2011, 09:58 am
I see O’Neil says he’ll stand down as ARU president after the B&IL tour in 2013.
18 Oct 2011, 10:01 am
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-106:
Louis Loot doesnt dish out the Gold Watches at the Official SARU aftermatch for nothing y’know.
18 Oct 2011, 10:03 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-205:
Who is Louis Loot? I only know a Louis Luyt.
18 Oct 2011, 10:05 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-203:
Those IRB points are skewed far too heavily by results at RWC
18 Oct 2011, 10:06 am
@Brads(Brads)-207:
I actually thought we would drop to about 6th! I’m quite surprised with 4th.
18 Oct 2011, 10:06 am
don’t think I’ll even bother to watch this game on the weekend.
I think “deal or no deal” is on-on the other channel at the same time.
will have much more entertainment value and suspence on offer.
18 Oct 2011, 10:07 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-200: Ja I know but he cant be the same size as Jaun right?
18 Oct 2011, 10:07 am
typicall kiwiss
Everyone is writing off the frogss
18 Oct 2011, 10:07 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-208:
yip, in 4 years Twakkie took us from No.1 to No.4.
18 Oct 2011, 10:08 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl(Brigadier Van Zyl)-209:
Shame man! Your team isn’t even in the Currie Cup playoffs.
WWF maybe?
18 Oct 2011, 10:08 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-197:
Yeah he isnt a bruiser nor is he tall timber.He is abt 1.89m 100kgs
But he is still only 20,should add on a few kgs,inches.Will not be a MASSIVE bloke but he is of good size.
18 Oct 2011, 10:09 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl(Brigadier Van Zyl)-212:
Yeah destroyed the Boks, due to ignorance and lack of balls to make decisions by himself. Not surprised though.
18 Oct 2011, 10:10 am
@greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber)-211:
You give them even a 20% chance? I don’t! They are a bunch of spoilt brats according to their coach, the world no 3′s are…
18 Oct 2011, 10:11 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-213:
no we are not, not a bad thing really for all the kids starting. Still pretty satisfied by what I have seen. I think this new crop of bulls will go far. They just need to grow up quickly.
18 Oct 2011, 10:13 am
@HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)-140:
The IRB has publicly said that RWC 2011 was “exceptional” and “probably the best RWC ever”.
That was about 3 weeks after you read here first, huh von Trapp ?!
No wonder youre so desperate to bag it.
18 Oct 2011, 10:13 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl(Brigadier Van Zyl)-217:
Yeah some good talent coming through and good buying as well. Can’t believe my team allowed it, but just shows the lack of forward thinking in the Cape. I’m really pis sed off with the union for allowing Sadie to go. You an have Habs back if we can take Sadie? Deal or no deal!
18 Oct 2011, 10:14 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-208:
SA ‘s position is okay, there is a good chance France will swap places with you after this weekend.
And depending on how the 3rd and 4th playoff goes, SA might be nudging 2nd spot.
18 Oct 2011, 10:15 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-215:
Actually, I didn’t have a problem with twakkie investing in the older players…..but as a coach surely you need to remain innovative and keep the players on their feet with fresh stratergy, strike moves,etc….
he was technically inept and should never have been there. and I feel the same way about the assistants.
18 Oct 2011, 10:15 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-218:
That is said after every world cup mate. Get with it.
18 Oct 2011, 10:15 am
@grant10(grant10)-143:
Stay local.
B.Venter, H.Meyer, N.Mallet would all do a better job than Krusty. And its impt for Boks to have a Safa.
18 Oct 2011, 10:16 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-147:
hmmmmmm, post no147
not sure whether this one is too recent enough to comment on yet.
I’ll come back to you on that one when its curling up at the corners
18 Oct 2011, 10:18 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl(Brigadier Van Zyl)-221:
I agree! A lot of damage was caused and Heineke was the man, but it is too late to cry over spilt milk mate. The new coach has a huge hollow to fill. SA rugby controlling body should never have allowed the damage to continue, especially after the EOYT. He should have gone then. The players had free reign which can only lead to anarchy any way. The damage is done and the clown is gone HOPEFULLY.
18 Oct 2011, 10:18 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-153:
knew I shoulda kept my big gob shut and shoved some calories in it instead
18 Oct 2011, 10:21 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-219:
….that is if Sadie can make the side, everyone is assuming a lot.
Olivier at 13 outside of 12 Venter looks potentially the best balanced midfield we have had in a while. Olivier always looked more suited to 13 anyway. And then don’t count that 15 who got injured out….jurgen somebody, he looked great. And then we will have plenty of speed out wide. Vermaak at 9, probably hougaard at 11 or basson.
there are plenty of options. I also really enjoyed our looseforward talent coming through. Tecklenberg,Botha,Stander,Van Velze,Potgieter…
I think we’ll be okay next year.
18 Oct 2011, 10:21 am
@Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-166:
HA !
18 Oct 2011, 10:22 am
@Brads(Brads)-220:
also end of year games for oz might help us if they lose.
18 Oct 2011, 10:23 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl(Brigadier Van Zyl)-227:
Ja Jurgen Visser is a product of Stellenbosch University I think! He looked really good. Some good forwards coming through. Stander and the new Potgieter a real talent too.
18 Oct 2011, 10:24 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-225:
Heyneke would not have survived through a bad season.
Snor was kept on through poor performance, because Oregan had even said he was a quota appointment and could not fire the guy when the team was losing.
In that case, Snor would’ve been our world cup coach anyway
18 Oct 2011, 10:25 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-218: You are so naïve, Swartbroekie. They say that to all host nations. We were told that our Soccer World Cup was the best ever. And in ’95 our Rugby World Cup was the best ever. And I’m sure your Lower Hutt Interpretive Dance World Cup will get the same glowing praise. No parent can seriously tell their kid that their new painting of a lopsided, mutant, disabled butterfly is ugly.
18 Oct 2011, 10:27 am
@Helen(Helen)-231:
The bottom line is incompetence will never get anyone anywhere…
The best man for the job is the only way to achieve any form of greatness…
Sentiment has won nothing but heartache…
We all knew it was going to happen, and when it did, we were so shocked…
I hope we have learnt our lessons – if not then the slide will continue…
18 Oct 2011, 10:33 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-218: yeah righ, mike miller was pestered by your lot about the “best ever” nonsense and he played you guys like a banjo “probably, but if you ask the people who worked on France, they would say, it’s very good BUT and the people who worked on Australia as well, which was another great tournament”
18 Oct 2011, 10:36 am
if the all blacks lose on sunday blackie, will this still be ‘the greatest RWC ever’?…
18 Oct 2011, 10:38 am
and would you guys let the frenchies have the victory parade instead and not let it go to waste?
18 Oct 2011, 10:39 am
Isn’t the world cup statistically won by a team that exits in the quarters the previous tournament?
As long as we lose the tri-nations in 2015….
18 Oct 2011, 10:40 am
Whats all the discussion about? We play the frogs, we win and we have the parade and all those who hope we will lose will just continue with that empty feeling they have already- due either being dumped out of the tournament early or settling for third or fourth. This is a Kiwi party….Hangi, Kegs and Guitar and losers arent invited
18 Oct 2011, 10:43 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-234:
shame on you.
have you forgotten the 10,000 crowd that watched tonga train?
or the face painting?
18 Oct 2011, 10:43 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-218: “probably the best RWC ever”, and Bryce is probably the worst referee of all time, or is that a matter of opinion?
18 Oct 2011, 10:47 am
a little birdy mentioned to me a couple of months ago that Allister Coetzee had already been ‘told’ that he was a shoe in for the Bok coaching job, has this been confirmed yet. who else is still in the running?
18 Oct 2011, 10:51 am
@Gunther(gunther)-239: hey man, i wan’t even in this convo yet the guy drags me in for some reason.
with 2 weeks still to go, do u think the ceo of the irb is going to say anything different than what the HOSTS want to here?
jerome valcke SG of Fifa was also garrulous about our SWC even saying that if Brazil doesn’t finish on time “SA will be plan B”
but hey, some people really need the reassurance for their vacuous bragging rights on anonymous blogs
18 Oct 2011, 10:52 am
@BuckT(BuckTrendy)-241: how can he be a “shoe-in” when the job hasn’t even been advertised and pdv still has 2 months to go of his contract?
18 Oct 2011, 10:55 am
@Bill Reyts(Gumboots)-233: unfortunately the best man for the job, i.e the best available coach in world rugby, might not necessarily be the best person for the springboks, taking into account the cultural/political/provincial differences that we face. So even if they find best person for the bok job, he might come with his own limitations and you have to place an enormous amount of responsibility on the players themselves, the coaching staff in general and the selectors
18 Oct 2011, 10:55 am
@Gunther(gunther)-191:
still getting over casting your vote FOR Bryce I see, Cli Che.
18 Oct 2011, 11:07 am
@BuckT(BuckTrendy)-240:
ask Cli Che Guevera
Cli Che gave Brycie the thumbs-up
before he even blew his whistle.
He wasnt alone tho, was he.
18 Oct 2011, 11:10 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-245:
bryce is awesome.
this is the best world cup ever.
18 Oct 2011, 11:12 am
@BuckT(BuckTrendy)-240:
NO complaints when Brycie won the Boks a Test Series vs BIL 2009 tho.
or were there ?
Im detecting a ‘Trend’ here, Trendy – what say ye ?
18 Oct 2011, 11:12 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-246:
for someone who spends his life taking the piss is odd that you can’t see it when others do the same.
nein?
18 Oct 2011, 11:13 am
After the 2003 RWC, the senior England players also managed to screw over 2 coaches who wanted a more expansive game. Robinson has done wonders with Scotland, considering his resources and Best is still considered a talented coach. By appointing MJ, England managed to do officially what the the senior Boks did unofficially, which is to let previous RWC winning players coach the side with no coaching experience.
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