Australia's "fun police" have been baffling everyone with their rules.
Last week, they told the Namibian fans that they could only bang their drums "quietly", and on Monday the Scottish bagpipers were told they could not take their instruments into Suncorp Stadium.
To top it off fans in Perth weretold they could not go in wearing their England shirts with their O2 logos, apparently because of IRB assurances that no "unofficial" logos were to be on display.
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Claire Harvey, writing in The Australian newspaper about All Black coach John Mitchell, said: "Mitchell is the last person you'd pick out of a line-up of suspected Kiwi rugby blokes.
"But on each side of his head is a mangled, minced, protuberant ear that could make any cauliflour blush, an ear that could only be achieved through years of being ground into lush New Zealand grass."
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The Springboks are still drawing strength from their survival camp in the South African bush.
Fullback Ricardo Loubscher told the Sydney Morning Herald he emerged after the three days, in which players had to build their own shelter, hunt for food and engage in boxing bouts, as a different and harder person.
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The Barmy Army are being upstaged by the minnows, chief among them Namibia's self-appointed fan club, the World Cup Wanderers.
The 12 songs created by the Wanderers include their latest hit, "Namibian Rhapsody", which begins: "Namibia, just lost again, though we're not giving up, I don't think we'll win the cup ... " Sure beats "Ooh Ahh Barmy Army, Ooh Ahh Barmy Army ... "
