Good thing it's Ireland and Russia playing in Rotorua this weekend and not Scotland, otherwise we might have found ourselves at the centre of Bagpipegate - the furore over the ban on bagpipes at Scotland's Rugby World Cup matches (actually, they're banned at all Rugby World Cup matches, but it's the
Editorial: Not allowed to blow it
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And if you allow bagpipes, would that mean you would have to allow other loud instruments such as vuvuzelas?
The answer it would seem would be for officials to relax the rules enough to allow a sanctioned bagpiper or band of bagpipers to play before and throughout the match from a designated spot or spots.
Much as the All Blacks are allowed the extra time before the game to perform the haka. Bagpipes would only add to the already electric atmosphere of these World Cup games.
If you're going to tomorrow's big match in Rotorua, best head down early - nearly 30,000 people including spectators and staff will be heading in the same direction.
Others would do well to avoid the roads on that side of town before and after the game. Whatever you're up to, have a great weekend.