R10 V Central Coast Mariners | Sat 13th Dec | 5pm | Eden Park | Faltering Fullback

I seem to remember the Rabbitohs spent the first half of a recent season with an advertisement for one of Rusty's films on the front of their shirts. I don't see any harm in the idea personally but there is a line to be drawn on the number of kits you're playing in and advertising, just look at the end of Wayne Scurrahs time at the Warriors where I think they had nine different playing shirts on sale last season.

Sorry this isn't match related, though I hope we do well in our Hobbit inspired shirts, anyone remember those come play shirts??? I believe those were the worst.

I hear a rumour that the players are visiting WETA studios and having special adaptations done to their boots to help them fit in with the theme, any one know if this is true? ?

An invisibility ring to be used once for each player should be looked at too

sign up the nazgul.

Tim Brown used to use one all the time.

Dragon Fire > flares

pax?

Ernie to adopt long ball approach after consulting with a senior advisor

No racism, please!? The 'soul' command may sounds a bit harsh, agree. I have no problems with any sponsorship from any company, it is part of the game I totally accept. Huawei is for me and most of us an unknown brand, people does not even know how to pronounce the name. At one point the Wawei bosses must have a board meeting and thought how do we get our brand name out to the world? And decided to pump a few millions in the next years in the most popular sports world wide, football. I give them credit to doing a decent job with promotions and the NZ guy seems happy to hang out with the team. It's all good.

My point was more that people get pissed and all emotional by some Nix Hobbit promotion which is totally fine. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are on of the biggest NZ brands in the world, and there is nothing to be ashamed of, deal with it.

Sure thing Dave Wheelan.

Surely the biggest NZ brands are the All Blacks, Lorde and Team New Zealand - Maybe they can sponsor us? 

I'm quite happy to wear a Lorde Wig and other Lorde hair accessories.

You can just get the ideal style that you want online at online shops now. Buy a long curly hair, it is perfect.

And when you stand next to Junior82 it will look even more authentic :-)

Sorry to contradict you but globally the All Blacks and Team NZ are very very minor players. When you live off shore you quickly realise that 99.99999% of the planet has never heard of the All Blacks or Team NZ.  They represent  very minor, white Anglo sports.

In contrast there are many millions of people worldwide who would know of NZ through the LOTR series.....millions would know of Lorde through her music after her world tour

Having spent the last 10 years in Europe I have heard many people talk about NZ from a LOTR perspective.......I have never heard Team NZ mentioned. The All Blacks......maybe once or twice from expat Anglo's. Recently I have seen Lorde posters in Paris and Berlin. After the 2010 WC in SA lots of people commented to me about NZ's good performance

I always find it hugely funny how kiwis think the All Blacks are a global brand. Its cringe making when our PM presents some overseas leader with a AB's jersey....they would have know idea what they were getting.....and its potentially culturally insensitive. Many Asian cultures see a black garment as a symbol of death

Give them a Nix or AW shirt....at least they would get that its football

Getting back to the game and sponsorship....I guess what we will see is Weiwei give up their logo on the front to the shirt and it will be replaced by an image of Bilbo Baggins and a Hobbit logo...or something. They could auction them for charity after.....they would be quite a unique item

This won't be happening, they have strict licensing restrictions that states that they can't sell them in any way.

Im willing to take tax payers millions and come second !

You take this sponsorship stuff pretty seriously don't you?

Knightz, is that you?

WeeMac's far too skinny to be a hobbit. The most hobbit-like player we ever had was Toto.

If LG and Daniel could have children together that one be the perfect hobbit. 

Daniel with his hair and LG with his lived in, warm  face. (this is post Peter Frampton obviously)

Anyway, back to the one-off jersey idea. I really really hope they dont make too much of a hobbit out of it! 

Let's hope it isn't an eye-Saur on the day.

It may just be a Tolkein gesture by Sir Peter Jackson

Must get the beers in for that match as I intend to get totally Legolas.

Right forum this time...

The game is in Orcland...

I used to have a mate Harry that came to the football but would always leave at halftime. I'd always be asking "where's Aragorn??"

If Moss had long hair, he could play Gandolph as our last line of defence.

I just hope Gareth Morgan doesn't show up. All that wealth and fame has made him into a right Smaug bastard.

I used to get asked about Flight of the Concords a lot.  They were massive for a while

Was overseas at the time. It was a very very nice time to be a Kiwi

Each time we win I want Moria and Moria 

CCM will have to watch the sting in our attack.

to get there we'll have to fly, you fools!

I heard that we were going to sign Chris Wood, but he was put off by the physical side of the A league, particularly the tackling.

He heard a rumor that defenders were out to Merk Wood.

had to draw a long bow to tell that story, you're quite a Bard