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simon g

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:03 +1300

And a huge story in Paris, where Ireland have been cheated by a French handball leading to a goal, awarded by referee Wayne Barnes.

LegBreak

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:57 +1300

Euro 2008 finalists Russia no less. Meaning that for the first World Cup in 40 or so years, possibly for ever, Gus Huddink won’t be there (unless he gets a late appointment somewhere)

Russia totally dominated the 1st leg there; the key moment being when they dropped guard with a…

simon g

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:59:42 +1300

NZ's status as World Cup's Official Favourite Minnow has just been usurped by Slovenia (pop: smaller than ours) who have beaten Russia in the play-offs and qualified for the first time. Congrats to Slovenia, whose reward is to spend the next six months being constantly mistaken for Slovakia, also qualified.

Angus Robertson

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:09:40 +1300

But I've been really busy today so I'm only going to be able to give you a quick run down of the rugby…

Watched in a pub, a few ales after the All Whites incredible triumph, where the bar staff had kindly (for backpacking poms from a hostel) switched half…

Gabor Toth

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:45 +1300

...what happens when we go to South Africa?

Well hopefully certain supporters will leave their "White Power" banners at home as that particular slogan may not go down too well in the Republic...

One observation about the crowd on Saturday: The crowd support was fantastic and then the final whistle…

Gareth Ward

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:43:49 +1300

Yes, now that we have qualified for the World Cup for the second time we should stop playing the sport that we've been really rather good at for quite a long time now.

It's great that they got through, great that the crowd was so into it, and I'll certainly…

Michael Roseingrave

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:39 +1300

Thanks for the compliments Russell. Glad you like the logo – figured that this being a Public Address exercise in other media (photos), I really should differentiate the pictures I take for you.

And Stewart, for your viewing pleasure, the Porirua Welcomes Bahrain sign.

Angus Robertson

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:36:07 +1300

Well what happened when we went there this year?

Reckon the All Whites are playing better now.

Russell Brown

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:23:46 +1300

Fabulous pics — and I love the the logos.

Stewart

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:50:17 +1300

Had a wee chuckle at the banner I saw that read "Porirua welcomes Bahrain – yeah right!".

Hadyn Green

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:29 +1300

Oh and Mike's photos look better if you click on them.

Public Address

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:29 +1300

Discussion from blog post.