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, 15:06 pm
@Helen(Helen)-388: Hmmm a labia that talks…you should take it on tour…ooops already forgot thats all you have done..oh well…time for some sutures I guess.
18 Oct 2011, 15:07 pm
Too boring good night ya all.
18 Oct 2011, 15:08 pm
So the All Blacks have already won this Rigged World Cup on home soil?
Ticker tape parades…
Speeches already written…
Choreography complete…
Pity they can only win on home soil it seems, with more than a little help from the 16th man.
In comparison Wobblies and Boks can win a WC anywhere it seems. If allowed to.
18 Oct 2011, 15:09 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-394:
I still feel that we should appoint as follows:
The best provincial side of the year becomes the de facto springbok squad, coach, captain, players, etc.
That coach then has the right to draw players from other squads to fill in weak spots.
That is really what happened with Kitch in ’95.
Personally, I think some of the provincial squads could give the Boks a run for their money. The combinations are proven, the momentum and self belief is there and the game plan is already practiced and proven and the coach knows what he’s working with.
18 Oct 2011, 15:09 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-390:
he can apply for all he wants.
All I am saying is that IF they had decided on the next coach already then they certainly wouldn’t tell divvie that.
18 Oct 2011, 15:10 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-373: Pissant you sound like a man with inside info. C’mon….spill the beans!
18 Oct 2011, 15:11 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-403:
HG, howzit girlfriend?
18 Oct 2011, 15:12 pm
Yup, ABs can only win a Rigged World Cup on home soil…
Its in the bag.
Joubert is primed.
France will perform but its going to be like walking in quicksand… the more they play, the more they will be penalised…
I wont be surprised if a couple of Frenchman get yellow cards, at convenient times…Just as extra insurance. On the other hand Reechie Club Foot will have a get out of jail free card…
Paddy’s instructions.
18 Oct 2011, 15:12 pm
@Helen(Helen)-407: What? Is HG a chick? Dang! My mistake.
18 Oct 2011, 15:12 pm
@Helen(Helen)-407: Huzzit, sexy thang!
18 Oct 2011, 15:13 pm
Sheriff out, HG in. Whingeing souls in unision.
Like husband and wife.
Duh.
18 Oct 2011, 15:13 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-405:
Gunth, welcome back you horse!
who’s your choice for coach / captain post 2011?
You strike me as a Plum / Burger kinda guy?
It’s like a normal burger, but with slices of plum instead of meat
18 Oct 2011, 15:15 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-410:
I’m ok, just bleeding like a dogfight in an abatoir again… ho hum
18 Oct 2011, 15:16 pm
@Helen(Helen)-399:
In that sense the world of rugby is relatively small. You know who is available or their contract lengths and if you don’t, you will know their agents so phone them.
Also, I think knowing who is qualified is pretty easy – it’s not like the guy can lie on his CV – his results are public domain.
So when you approach a guy with an offer you will come from a platform of knowing what you want, what the individual currently has or does, what you expect from him and you make him an offer which you negotiate if need be.
Perhaps I am oversimplifying the issue but it makes sense to me.
18 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-391: i don’t know abou the advertising bit, but in 2008 deans had also made himself available to coach the All Blacks, how he did that i’m not sure – did he call a media conference or did he send a letter to the NZRU stating his desire to coach?
18 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
@Nils(Nils)-411:
be careful of name calling on here.
Gunth will sort you out with a quick spray of his horse ****.
Your face will look like a glazed fruit, my friend.
18 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
@Helen(Helen)-412:
a plumb-burger?
whose plums are we talking?
you know lists don’t turn me on.
I would say Victor for Coach and Jon Smit for Captain.
18 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
@Nils(Nils)-411: When your Absolute Awesome ABs can win a RWC on foreign soil then you can come talk to me… A Rugby invitational and an obviously Rigged one are a bit lightweight don’t you think?
But anyway, your boys have won it already… France absolutely cant win – its not in the script.
Wonder if all the ticker tape preparations are sorted?
18 Oct 2011, 15:18 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-414:
Ja, you are right.
Who do you think will get the job?
18 Oct 2011, 15:18 pm
@Helen(Helen)-413: Sounds tasty.
18 Oct 2011, 15:18 pm
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-406:
Well if rumours are to be believed, the new coach will be South African (that should not surprise anyone), he will come with Super Rugby, CC Rugby and international rugby experience also – but that’s all I am going to say for now as rumours have a kak way of blowing up in your face.
18 Oct 2011, 15:18 pm
@Nils(Nils)-411:
no e Neels
18 Oct 2011, 15:20 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-391: in anycase i think they do it for “transparency” purposes, you know how everything in our country can be attributed to race, third force or malema
18 Oct 2011, 15:21 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-423:
Good point Trans.
18 Oct 2011, 15:22 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-421: So that knocks out Brendan Venter and Mallet. Also Heynecke Meyer.
Coetzee, Erasmus and Smal seem to fit your bill.
18 Oct 2011, 15:22 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-421:
AC or Rassie.
18 Oct 2011, 15:23 pm
@Helen(Helen)-416:
The microscope must me very huge to see my small “name calling” in universal kak here. 
Besides, he must own a rocket to deliver that thing that far.
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-418: Ag, just shut up for a moment and take deep breath before you embarrass yourself till the level of Sheriff, he already has reached point of no return, losing the plot completely.
18 Oct 2011, 15:24 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-425:
Mallet, Venter and Heyneke (to a lesser extent) has all made themselves unavailable already.
18 Oct 2011, 15:24 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-423:
indeed.
I see the mshinniweenee says there was a plot to kill him.
don’thinkjustwonder.
18 Oct 2011, 15:25 pm
@Nils(Nils)-427: Embarrassing is “Organising a ticker tape parade before the Competition is over”
18 Oct 2011, 15:26 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-430: Yes, it is. You are right.
You could stop right there and all would have been fine,
18 Oct 2011, 15:27 pm
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-400: why are you laughing
you also watched the program.
18 Oct 2011, 15:28 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-421: Mmmmmmmhhhh. It gets interesting. I think we all knew it would not be a forgein coach. SA is just not the kinda country where that would work, or like some say. SA is not ready for that. Ok. It narrows the field substantially.
Are you saying they have already approached this coach and are in talks. Off the record ofcourse.
18 Oct 2011, 15:28 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-425:
Small will not get it.
Apparently he brings too much baggage what with the acrimonious break up with Christina Storm and all those ggay rumours about. Also has limited coaching experience, but hey! anyone but Divvy, I say!
18 Oct 2011, 15:29 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-428: Mallet in line for England, Venter and Heynecke happy where they are at the moment.
So:
AC + Rassie as a package
Gert
Wildcard (Not sure about his Int credentials i.e. whether he has helped out the Boks behind the scenes):
Naka
Theron has no S15 experience so he can’t be in your picture.
So Gert is the surprise?
18 Oct 2011, 15:29 pm
@Nils(Nils)-411:
its the world in union baby…
18 Oct 2011, 15:29 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-436:
Spot on.
18 Oct 2011, 15:30 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-432: I must have missed the reference to the man upstairs. I recall just getting annoyed with Pdv’s answers.
18 Oct 2011, 15:30 pm
@Helen(Helen)-434: Smal, not Small, darlingk…
18 Oct 2011, 15:30 pm
@Nils(Nils)-431:
Quite a spontaneous celebration that will be, right?
Kiwi humility = military intelligence.
18 Oct 2011, 15:30 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-370:
From God, where do you think he got it.
18 Oct 2011, 15:31 pm
@Helen(Helen)-440: I am sorry, I did not follow your train of thoughts.
Must be my poor English.
18 Oct 2011, 15:32 pm
@Nils(Nils)-431: Embarrassing is screaming poverty while the “most successful” WC “ever” is being held in your country…
18 Oct 2011, 15:32 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-435: Gert said in a tv interview that he is happy with Ireland, maybe they bent his arm.
18 Oct 2011, 15:33 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-439:
However you spell his name, I think James is a poor choice, surprise or no surprise
18 Oct 2011, 15:33 pm
@Helen(Helen)-434: Hahahahahahaha. Gert Smal
18 Oct 2011, 15:34 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-443: Geez, not this again. Why you just cannot stop moan for a minute?
Plus, Kiwiland is not my country, if you have not noticed that small thing.
18 Oct 2011, 15:34 pm
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-433:
Some folks in SA Rugby has a candidate on a wishlist, I suppose its now up to negotiations between the parties whether we will see them get him.
But I must be off now folks.
Chat later.
18 Oct 2011, 15:34 pm
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-444: What do you care Caped Crusader… Your team is in the final and having a ticker tape parade organised for the expected win :lol;
18 Oct 2011, 15:35 pm
@Helen(Helen)-445: Gert.
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