Joe Mikulik: Meltdown

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The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 14

It's Super 14 semi-final time, and the Dropkicks are here to guide you through the tense final acts, as well as discussing the intriguing last round of pool play, which saw the top 4 teams change (nearly) after every game. There's also a bit of tennis, some America's Cup, and dick and athletes of the week...

Download Episode 2007/14.

It starts...

The IRB have finally started to show their hand. They have said that they desire a 5KM zone around stadiums to be "ad free".

It said telecommunications and soft drinks companies were among those likely to try to exploit the event's popularity if law changes were not put in place.

Now without any bias, that is downright in-frickin-sane!

If we look at Wellington's Westpac Trust Stadium (the Caketin)...



...it basically means ALL of Wellington will be ad-free (not necessarily a bad thing). Completely impossible.

So what does this mean? IRB: "you can't do it? Oh, well Australia can, we'll just give it them".

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 13 (video highlights)

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 13

After a couple of weeks off to rest, we're back and ready for the final round of the 2007 Super 14 season...

Download Episode 2007/13.