As our loyal listeners know the Dropkicks are all about moderation. However, the World Cup is a big event (the largest world TV-audience behind the Olympics and Football World Cup, so they say) and what event isn't enhanced with drinking?

Luckily those crazy kids on Facebook have been hard at work devising a very complicated set of rules for a World Cup Drinking Game. The 30-or-so rules are very Anglo-centric and the usually involve drinking two fingers of beer:
- Finish your drink as soon as Martin Corry’s nose cut opens up.
- Everytime a commentator goes over the top about Johnny Wilkinson, when he makes a regulation tackle or pass.
- If Charlotte Church is mentioned, finish your drink.

So in the interest of taking ideas and making them better the Dropkicks have made their own International* World Cup Drinking Game (the standard for each is one swig):

1. Drink everytime a sub is shown on a warm-up bike
2. Finish your drink if punches are thrown
3. Drink everytime a presenter/commentator mentions that England are world champions
4. Drink everytime a player's nickname is used in place of their real name
5. Finish your drink if you catch a player crying when there national anthem is being played
6. Drink everytime a Nation's "unofficial" anthem is heard or seen (The Haka, Bread of Heaven, Siva Tau, Swing Low Sweet Chariots etc)
7. Streaker – finish your drink (for every security guard avoided, add 1 more)
8. Drink for every scrum won against the head
9. Drink for swear word mouthed by a player during the game
10. Drink for every kick at goal that misses. Finish your drink if the commentators jinxed it ("He hasn't missed all night")

SPECIAL DROPKICKS RULE!!!

• If the word dropkick(s) is said by anyone, everyone must drink

"Special Dedication" drinks will also be had for impressive on-field acts (tries, tackles, 45m+ kick attempts, broken records etc).

*this means "International Drinking Rules" too, no pointing, no saying "drink" etc etc.

Also if you'd like to join the Dropkicks group on Facebook please do.