10 Places Not To Watch The Rugby World Cup.
Here is my list of the top 10 places not to watch the Rugby World Cup.
Jail.
Your ex-wives boyfriends’ house.
Phil Goff’s house.
Party Central.
Concorde.
Macdonald’s.
A Wake.
In Hospital.
An Auckland train.
On board the Rena.

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