Your Rugby World Cup Aussie weekend survival guide & Where to watch

Where to Watch the Rugby World Cup:

We are collating a list of venues where you enjoy watching the game – they are at the end of this post. If you have a suggestion add it to the comments.

If you are like me you’re pumped about this Saturday night/Sunday Morning. Not because it is Halloween, but because of the Rugby World Cup Final. If you are just tuning in there is still plenty of room on the band-wagon.

Lets have a look at this weekend could look like. It doesn’t matter if you are male or female, young or old, this should just about cover your activities from Friday through Sunday morning.

Step 1. Midday Friday:

Make a booking at the local for tomorrow night’s game – it will be busy and you’ll need a table to sit at.

Let’s not kid ourselves as Wallabies fans this is the biggest weekend in years. Bigger than the final Lions test in Sydney last year. Bigger than the World cup final in Sydney in 2003. Bigger than the opening of the Sydney Olympics (too far???).

Get pumped it POETS day – Bundy off work early and go to the Pub or the local Serviceman’s club with your non-rugby following mates. Play some Keno, have a schooner (not a pot) of your favourite locally owned craft beer.

Step 2. Friday Avro:

Foxsports are showing a replay of the Australia v Scotland game at 3pm at 204 – get in front of a screen and try and explain the Newcastle match and that final penalty to the Wallabies newest fans. Tell the Scottish co-worker that they can stop whinging and climb aboard the Wallabies train.

Step 3. Friday Night:

After several schooners and and a Close-talking ear blasting or two from the Scottish co-worker – Go Home. Go Straight home. moving to spirits now is going to ruin tomorrow. Just go – Have a shower – clean your teeth – sleep. Tomorrow is going to be big.

{Optional} Step 4: Friday Night – Late:

OK so Tequila shots it is.

You can share an UBER home later with the Scottish Co-worker as you explain how the Australian government is offering asylum to Joubert.

Fox Sports are showing a replay of the Semifinal Win against Argentina at 11:30. The UBER drops you at the Casino and it’s pretty quiet. Everyone must have gone home to get some sleep in preparation.

Step 5. 8am – Saturday Morning:

Berocca (for Step 4 attendees)- Kids Cricket/Nippers/Little Athletics – Bacon and Egg roll – Coffee…..Repeat till all kids have finished Sport.

Step 6. Midday – Saturday:

Power Nap. Wake up to the sound of the neighbour’s kids in your pool or the lawn mower. Make sure your Wallabies jersey/scarf/shorts/Football are ready.

Step 7. Saturday Early Arvo:

Find a bunch of kids in the street – play some touch footy with them. You feel like Larkham in the 1999 Semi Final. Go and ice your hamstrings, they are going to be supporting a lot of body weight tonight.

Head to [insert potential sporting goods retail sponsor of Green and Gold Rugby here] and purchase 4 Wallabies World Cup jerseys – they are probably on sale by now. Buy 3 scarfs 2 beanies even though its 26 degrees and a pair of Wallaby Budgie Smugglers that you or your better half probably don’t have the rig for.

Step 8. Saturday late Arvo:

Grab a cold one, Beer, wine, soft-drink. Anything as long as it isn’t from New Zealand. Power nap on the back deck while still icing the remains of your hamstrings.

NRC Final is on tune in – if you are in Brisbane get to Ballymore and take your new friends – try explaining the additional law variations – good luck.

Got and watch the VRC Derby at 3.50pm – its Flemington Race week and the start of a great few days of Horse racing. I’m looking at you Kia Ora Koutou. A horse with Maori namie in Green and Gold with 4 from 4 this preparation @ $8.

Shower (Non-negotiable). #GETYOURGOLDON

Step 10. Saturday early evening:

Family/Friends time. You haven’t really been paying them much attention for the past month or so – This is an opportunity to recruit a few more stragglers to the Wallabies cause. Hand out the the Merchandise from [insert potential sporting goods retail sponsor of Green and Gold Rugby here] and make sure you mention that you purchased it at [insert potential sporting goods retail sponsor of Green and Gold Rugby here] because they support your favourite Rugby community.

Send the kids out trick or treating in their Wallabies kit – to put the Australia into that seppo tradition.

If the neighbours kids come to your door without Wallabies kit on – NO LOLLIES FOR THEM!!!!. if some kids come in All Blacks kit – shut the doors and pretend the house is empty. We don’t like to encourage that behaviour.

Step 11. Saturday Night:

Head to the local. Thank Gibbo for reminding you to make a booking and that Derby tip – it will pay for dinner and a few rounds – the place is pumping!!! Head to your table and order the Steak Dianne and settle in forr the ride!

Step 12. Sunday Morning:

Enjoy the game – be safe – look after your mates – don’t do anything stupid – drink and gamble responsibly.

It’s going to be a big weekend – The Rugby community holds itself to high standards make sure all those new Wallabies fans keep to our standards.

WHERE TO WATCH

Pubs Showing the Rugby World Cup live at 3am Sunday Morning

If you know anymore put it in the Comments and I’ll update over the coming days.

NSW Sydney

North -

The Greengate – Confirmed – Ring to make a Booking

The Buena Vista in Mosman

The Mosman RSL – The Gold brigade will be here

CBD -

The Keg and Brew – Confirmed – 26 Foveaux St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

The Harold Park Hotel – Glebe – Confirmed

The Star Casino Sports bar – Confirmed

Marly in Newtown – Confirmed

IMAX Darling harbour $10

East -

Coogee Bay – Confirmed

The Eastern – Bondi Junction – Confirmed 1.30am lockout so get in early

The Oak at Double Bay – Confirmed

West -

The Bayview Gladesville – Confirmed – Ring to make a booking

Tweed Coast – Kingscliff Beach Hotel

QLD/Brisbane

The Casino

The Regatta

Pig and Whistle

Brekky Creek

Storey Bridge

Gold Coast – Pacific Pines Tavern

Toowoomba -The Spotted Cow

ACT

Mooseheads – Confirmed

The Dock. Kingston – Confirmed

Melbourne

The Bells Hotel in South Melbourne – Thanks Shannon M from Facebook!

The College lawn

Limerick Hotel – Sth Melbourne

Perth

The Game Sports Bar

South Australia

Coopers Ale house – Adelaide

Northern Territory

Darwin Casino

INTERNATIONAL

Hong Kong – The Globe,Forbes 36,Dickens Bar,Delaney’s

USA – New York City – The Australian

USA – Seattle – The Kangaroo & Kiwi

USA – Houston Texas, Springbok Bar

Canada – Saskatoon SK – Fionn Maccools pub,

Canada Toronto – Scallywags

Egypt – Cairo – BCA Club, Maadi; ACE Club, Maadi;

Shanghai China – The Camel

Cayman Islands – Whiskey Mist, Fidel Murphy’s & Karoo

Bolonga Italy – The Cluricane Irish Pub,The Celtic Druid

Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Bar do John

Hungary, Budapest, John Doyles

China, Zhujiang, Guangzhou, McCawleys

Indonesia – Bali – The Orchard English pub

Singapore – Singapore Cricket Club 7s