Kiwis plan victory parade

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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  • 351.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 13:57 pm

    @rossoneri(rossoneri)-349:

    Haha, I will check in for updates then.

    Money is on SA to win this one.

    Well that is unless the unthinkable happens and NZ lose on Sunday for which the odds would swing considerably I’d imagine… :)

  • 352.BuckT: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 13:58 pm

    @cane(cane)-319: come on cane, that’s a bit harsh, lets not forget those articles about the kiwi hate vibe that was marring the World Cup….

  • 353.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 13:59 pm

    @Helen(Helen)-346:

    please I’m eating a salad with artichoke hearts in it.

    lets leave caners sphinctre in lower butt were it belongs.

    anyway, he is one of the good guys.

  • 354.rossoneri: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:00 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-351: :lol: Absolutely!!!

  • 355.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:01 pm

    @rossoneri(rossoneri)-318: thats why i give them 20% chance. You are blinded by nerves lolololol, 50% of froggies winning is not realistic.

  • 356.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:04 pm

    @Gunther(gunther)-353:

    Gunth, I will take your word for it.
    You are such an awesome, incredible, wonderful and complete individual (hope Langers is reading) that I will trust you if you say so

  • 357.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:04 pm

    Am waiting for Mpundi to come along and say the froggies are favorites :lol: :mrgreen:

  • 358.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:04 pm

    Theres no chance or even remotest possibility of France winning this wc. NZ are the form team and they should win by at least 20 points….
    unless, of course, the “other” French team pitches up….

  • 359.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:05 pm

    CANE, on the respected guidance of Gunth, I am offering you a finger that smells of month old snoek, as a peace offering…

    will you accept?

  • 360.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:08 pm

    @Slappes(Slappes)-358:

    If the Frogs are still in it with 10 mins to go, the Kiiws will get extra nervous and revert to a conservative game plan. That could be their undoing.

    This French side is far from the best they’ve ever produced. They have also played like a tier 2 nation during this RWC. The kiwis on the other hand, seem invincible.

    If we’re to have an upset, this will be the biggest ever and they’ll make a movie about it called Invictus Plus

  • 361.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:12 pm

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-350: lol that be the one :D

  • 362.rossoneri: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:14 pm

    @Treehugger(Treehugger)-355: Tree, everyone said the English would get rid of the French, they were wrong. Then they said Wales would easily get rid of the French, they were wrong again.

    France is in that final on Sunday, and way too close to the cup, to play that rubbish rugby they tend to. They are very quiet this week, which is a sign that they are cooking something scary for Sunday. Ab’s cannot, will not, and dare not take them lightly.

  • 363.rossoneri: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:16 pm

    @Slappes(Slappes)-358: That’s why I said 50/50 Slappes. That other French side can show up.

  • 364.stew: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:18 pm

    @rossoneri(rossoneri)-362: But we will have 15 men on the field – hoepfully !! – i think imo this is the worst french side to grace a WC – the final will be a white wash – Abs by 20

  • 365.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:20 pm

    I wouldn’t mind seeing Paul Treu in the mix. He has developed a reputation as a straight shooting coach who has a good rapport with his players without sacrificing his authority. Although his coaching experience has been with the sevens team he played 15s at the top level. With good technical support he could nbe a serious contender.

  • 366.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:22 pm

    @BuckT(BuckTrendy)-352: I”m guessing Cane is over his Kill Barnes episode then. :smile:

  • 367.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:24 pm

    @stew(stew)-364:

    TThe French need to be unconventional.
    That is their only hope
    If they play a normal game, they will suffer.
    With the NZ back three being in such incredible form, the French will be forced to run from everywhere instead.
    Expect the French to not kick at all…

  • 368.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:25 pm

    Paul Treu??? omw …. why don’t we get Gary Kirsten while you at it!!! 7′s & the 15 man game is TOTALLY different! just ask Fiji

  • 369.Skeppie: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:29 pm

    @BuckT(BuckTrendy)-298: Greg Martin for me is the worst of the lot….I think Philly boy is actually quite witty

  • 370.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:30 pm

    @BuckT(BuckTrendy)-286: PdV said on Boots n’ All, if he is appointed to do the job again he “will take it because it will mean God is not finished working through him”

    now, where do you get that AC & BV are favourites?

  • 371.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:33 pm

    Transformation – Then God must be a Springbok hater!

  • 372.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:33 pm

    The success / failure of this world cup can be determined by the final.

    Overall, I think it could’ve been the best ever tourney if it weren’t for the refereeing debacle.

    The pool games produced the best rugby seen in a long time.
    The playoffs were niggly, ill disciplined, not entertaining and badly ref’d.

    The final could make up for all of that and tilit the scales back to ‘best ever’!

  • 373.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:33 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-370:

    The decision for the next Bok coach might surprise quite a few people.

  • 374.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:34 pm

    @cane(cane)-296: you are talking kak, most ungracious losers? um what about the plonker who called nigel owens a “racist”?

  • 375.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:36 pm

    where’s Langers and ET when you need them?

    this avi is as exciting as a dutch torture chamber

  • 376.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:36 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-370:

    so?

    nobody has told divvie he is out on his arse?

    no suprise there.

  • 377.Skeppie: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:37 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-373: Do you know something we don’t?

  • 378.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:37 pm

    @poppa69(p0ppa69)-368: Or the All Blacks and their sevens team? Being successful at one does not preclude success in the other. The basic ingredients for success are the same – good management skills, vision, conviction, creativity, determination, courage, etc. Actually Gary might not be such a bad idea, after all.
    Treu had plenty of rugby experience as a superrugby player. He knows the game.

  • 379.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:38 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-373:

    you also heard that Joost is asking for a 4 year contract?

  • 380.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:39 pm

    @Skeppie(Skeppie)-369: Martin is the worst. He commentates like a 12 year old fan.

  • 381.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:39 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-370:

    By “G_d”, he meant Oregan, right?

  • 382.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:45 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-370: Remind me to have a word with God, when I see him next.

  • 383.captain fantail: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:46 pm

    @Slappes(Slappes)-358: We have hidden their anti depressants so were safe.

  • 384.captain fantail: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:50 pm

    The French want to lose…its how they are…because they hate their coach…their brains are ruled by emotion and the outcome will be AB’s 20+

  • 385.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:51 pm

    Now that I have time to converse, this place is as dead as a suicide bomber in a mustard gas factory

    WHERE IS EVERYONE??

  • 386.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:52 pm

    @captain fantail(captain fantail)-384: Yep, the French could even surrender to themselves.

  • 387.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:52 pm

    @Helen(Helen)-385:

    Must be happy hour at the crack house in Bellville

  • 388.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:55 pm

    you know keo dot com is dying like an ageing french prostitute on acid when all you have to talk to is little old captain fantail

  • 389.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:55 pm

    @stormer in a teacup(stormer in a teacup)-378: dont fall for the imposter..

  • 390.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 14:58 pm

    @Gunther(gunther)-376: excuse me, for PdV to be able to get re-appointed he will have to re-apply…i have a sneaking suspicion he is going to apply again.

  • 391.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:00 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-390:

    I mentioned this elsewhere.

    Are we the only country where the national coaching job for rugby is advertised?

    It seems most other country’s approach the best candidate and offer them the position?

    Or have I got this wrong?

  • 392.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:00 pm

    @Helen(Helen)-381: didn’t know PdV prayed tp Regan…either way that’s what the man said amongst other infuriating things.

  • 393.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:01 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-391:

    How do you determine who is the best candidate?
    and WHO determines this?

  • 394.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:02 pm

    @Helen(Helen)-393:

    The organisation I would guess?

    I mean this guy’s performances reflects directly on them.

  • 395.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:03 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-392:

    Was he speaking English?
    You sure somthing didn’t get lost in the translation?
    He could merely have said that he has a wart on his poopol and wants Naas to have a look at it, you never know

  • 396.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:03 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-389: I can tell the imposter by his posts. How did he ever get the nic scam to work?

  • 397.captain fantail: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:03 pm

    @stormer in a teacup(stormer in a teacup)-386: They already have ….they conceded the right to wear their colors.
    A Samurai who throws away his scabbard in the expectation of a duel is already dead.

  • 398.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:04 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-348:

    hehehe
    oh pops,
    now you’re just making me hate to love you as much as i love to hate you…hehe

  • 399.Helen: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:05 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-394:

    What I’m getting at is that you have to use some way of determining who is 1) Available 2) Qualified and 3) will fit with the goals of the organisation.

    Applications and interviews might be the best way to do this.

    In SA, if a coach is just appointed, I am sure there’ll be backhanders, hand-offs and who knows what else to get the job

  • 400.rossoneri: Reply to this comment
    18 Oct 2011, 15:05 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-370: Seriously! Seriously! OMG!!!!!! :lol:

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