Since when was Ali Williams as tall as a skyscraper?Hong Kong. Expensive skylines, double-decker trams, 14 million elbows. Now, you can add the Bledisloe Cup to its growing list of attractions.
You’ve got to hand it to both the New Zealand and Australian rugby bosses. There are not many governing bodies that can find time to organise a full-blown international rugby match between 24-hour connections to Europe.
Mind you, they’re going to have to stuff it out in soaring temperatures, belting rain showers and stifling humidity - why not arrange a kick about pitching one side in peak condition against another who by their own admission are massively undercooked?
Sound one sided? On one hand, as revenue-gathering exercises go, ITV’s competitions committee would even be impressed. But on the other hand, this is a Test match, not an excuse for a night out drinking Sake bombs and noodle soup.
If spreading the rugby gospel rather than keeping hold of your prized assets heads the list of company priorities then the financial epicentre of the world, through its neon lights and hard-core work ethic, is destination 'rugby' unknown.
So perhaps, savour the new tastes, spice up your pallet for the 15-man game has opened its doors to a new Asian market.