For Art Deco Trust events manager Peter Mooney the most memorable All Black moment he has experienced was one he thought he might have jinxed.
It was one of those moments often referred to as "the commentator's curse". When you say something positive - that all is going swimmingly well and that victory is in sight - and then it all goes horribly wrong.
"I've been to a number of All Black games and also seen a lot of them from the grandstand of home, and across all the games, live and on TV, the World Cup final sticks out."
Mr Mooney was part of the Rugby World Cup events crew and was working within the "fanzone" at the Municipal Theatre when the dramatic final clash between the All Blacks and a fired-up France took place.
Things were looking pretty good for the ABs. They had scored and Stephen Donald had slotted a penalty to push the score out to 8-0.
Mr Mooney said he was pretty confident at that stage and started thinking about the finale.
"I realised, though, we didn't have a copy of We Are the Champions so I asked someone to download it," he said.
And then France scored and converted and just one agonising point separated the sides as the tricolour troops upped the tempo even further.
"I started to think at that stage - I hope I haven't jinxed this."
There were plenty of nervous and anxious expressions and none more nervous than Mr Mooney's.
But then the final whistle went and (on cue) We Are the Champions boomed out.
"Never any doubts," he said with a laugh - agreeing that hindsight is a fine and wonderful thing.
Another match that sticks in the memory was also a clash with France, but back in the days when Athletic Park hosted the Wellington tests.
He and a mate had tickets to a colourful and well-catered corporate soiree before the match and great seats.
But just outside Paekakariki they were called to a halt.
There had been a serious crash and the highway into the capital would be closed ... for nearly two hours.
"Missed all the fine hospitality but still got to see the game though." Mr Mooney has loved the oval ball game since he was a kid, and made the St John's College first XV.
Going into radio with all the odd-time shifts effectively ended his playing days though.
He regrets he won't be able to make it to the September 6 All Blacks clash with Argentina at McLean Park because he and his band have a longstanding gig to play.
"But put it this way ... like we always do when there's a big game on, we set up the stage near a TV."