The ardent All Blacks fan base will be entertainment in itself, as the lint-roller is zapped over the old black jersey and the masses take to the pubs in droves.
From the London-based Underground Rebel Bingo Club, which throws wild, impromptu bingo parties around the world, to a version in Philadelphia involving drag queens on roller skates, to "cosmic bingo" played under black light, bingo is crawling out of its recreation-center past.