Cop ThisRugby World Cup 2003 - International Rugby Board (IRB) Rugby World Cup
2003
Following complaints made to the IRB about the All Blacks being allowed to
motivate themselves by performing the' Haka' before their games, other
nations were asked to suggest pre-match rituals of their own. The IRB Rugby
World Cup 2003 Organising Committee has now agreed to the following
pre-match displays:
a.. The England team will chat about the weather, wave hankies in the air
and attach bells to their ankles before moaning about how they invented the
game and gave it to the world, and how it's not fair that everyone still
thinks New Zealand are the best team in the world.
b.. The Scotland team will chant "You lookin' at me Jimmy?" before smashing
an Iron Bru bottle over their opponents' heads.
c.. The Ireland team will split into two, with the Southern half performing
a Riverdance, while the Northerners march the Traditional route from their
dressing room to the pitch, via their opponents dressing room.
d.. Unfortunately the Committee were unable to accept the Welsh suggestion
following representations from the RSPCA.
e.. Argentina will unexpectedly invade a small part of opposition
territory, claim it as their own "Las In-Goals-Areas" and then be forcibly
removed by the match stewards.
f.. Two members of the South African team will claim to be more important
than the other 13 whom they will imprison between the posts whilst they
claim the rest of the pitch for themselves.
g.. The Americans will not attend until almost full time. In future years
they will amend the records to show that they were in fact the most
important team in the tournament and Hollywood will make a film
called 'Saving No.8 Lyle'.
h.. Five of the Canadian team will sing La Marseillaise and hold the rest
of the team to ransom.
i.. The Italian team will arrive in Armani gear, sexually harass the female
stewards and then run away.
j.. The Spanish will sneak into the other half of the pitch, mow it and
then claim that it was all in line with European "grass quotas". They will
then curl up under the posts and have a kip until half time, when their
appeal for compensation against the UK Government will be heard.
k.. The Japanese will attempt to strengthen their team by offering good
salaries to the key opposition players and then run around the pitch at
high speed in a highly efficient manner before buying the ground (with a
subsidy from the UK Government).
l.. The French will declare they have new scientific evidence that the
opposition are in fact all mad. They will then park lorries across the
halfway line, let sheep loose in the opposition half (much to the
delight of Wales!) and burn the officials.
m.. The Australians will have a barbie before negotiating lucrative singing
and TV contracts in the UK. They will then invite all their mates to come
and live with them in Shepherds Bush.".
Owdun
