Whether you’re cheering on the Blues or the Maroons, we can definitely all get behind the Tins, and with only hours to go until Rugby League Civil War II it’s time to start thinking about your own pre-game strategy.
The game kicks off at 7:30pm on Channel Nine (pending any political party crashers), so in the meantime sort out your snack pile and get acquainted with the rules of The Official Non-Official State Of Origin (Game 2)
Drinking Game.
Liver Safety First and, as always, we assume you’ll be using mocktails and lalala we can’t hear you. Enjoy!
RULES:
1. Have a sip every time Phil Gould poses a rhetorical question during the pre-match spiel. For example “Is there any bigger stage?” “Is this the biggest moment of their careers?”, “Will NSW break the seven year drought?”
2. If the camera makes a full 180 degree pan during Phil Gould’s pre-match speech: finish half your drink. If he goes 360 degrees: finish it all.
3. Finish your drink if there is even a whiff of operatic or Russell Crowe is The Gladiator music throughout the pre-match hype videos.
4. Drink every time there is any mention of the game being “warfare”, the players being “warriors” or the venue being a “cauldron.”
5. Tip that arm back every time one of the commentators stumbles through a plug for a Channel 9 show they have definitely never watched.
BONUS
If anyone makes a pun about “The Block” – a “blocktacular match,” a “chip of the old block”: two gulps.
6. Have a sip every time there is a cutaway to the coaches box, double that sip if they are in the middle of swearing and/or fist pumping uncontrollably.
7. Drink every time Cameron Smith or Paul Gallen have a whinge to the referee.
8. Finish your beverage every time Ray Warren says “OVERRRRR!” after a try is scored.
9. Take a sip each time a player pats a team-mate on the back, double up those drinks if said tapped area is sexually provocative in nature.
10. Drink if:
You are struggling to understand Darren Lockyer‘s throaty half-time interview.
Andrew Johns‘ tie knot is oversized.
If there is a sponsors plug at half time.
And….
11. Finish half your drink if:
There is a fight involving Paul Gallen.
12. Finish your whole drink if:
The commentators mention “payback”, “revenge” or that the Blues captain has been labelled “Public Enemy Number One.”
13. Waterfall if:
There are any accidental fistings.
Anyone cries when their team loses.
14. Above all:
