Opening Ceremony

So all my bitching and moaning aside I was really excited about last nights game. The atmosphere was to coin an overused term electric. Here are my top 5 thoughts:

1. After watching the opening ceremony you could be mistaken for thinking there are no white people in New Zealand. We are a multicultural nation aren't we?

2. Whoever let Jonah wear that suit should be shot.

3. Did they screw up the link to the viaduct to show the fireworks ?

4. Have the All Black jerseys got looser ?

5. Apparenty incontinence is an 8 billion dollar problem in New Zealand, this was very apparent last night.

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