Are you a regular working Joe/Joanna? Are you stuck at a desk with no hope of escape to catch the 3pm afternoon rugby replays? Are you slumped over a keyboard half asleep because you stayed up late to watch Fiji play Canada while your less-committe­d workmates tut at you under their breath?

Well, never fear the Dropkicks are here to help with some handy workplace tips.

First you’ll need to Rugby-World-Cupify your office. Flags, memorabilia, bobbleheads, whatever rugby stuff you can get your hands on. You’ll need it on, above or beside your desk. Let people know, who you support and what tenuous cultural link you have invented for that support.

Second you’ll need to be able to see some of that ­brilliant web-based rugby content on your computer. Not an easy thing if you’re stuck behind the fire wall of some evil dictator in the IT department. As luck would have it those brilliant people over at Lifehacker found a large number of ways to circumvent those power-mad fun-haters.

All that websurfing will help you fill your head with facts for trumping people in rugby-related discussions around the water cooler. But if you can’t remember all those difficult numbers here are a few lines that will undoubtedly see you crowned king or queen of rugby knowledge.

• “Actually only eight All Blacks wer­e born overseas and all but Sivivatu went through the school system.”
• “Despite his size Carl Hayman is nearly always one of the first three to the breakdown”
• “There is actually some controversy about whether William Webb Ellis invented rugby or whether he copied a similar Irish game”
•  “You know I heard on the Dropkicks the other day…” (pause for quiet awe)

For those long nights away from your TV when the boss has picked on you to work late (and just because you hadn’t done any work all day!), we recommend stashing some beer or hard liquor (or Red Bull) somewhere at your workplace. These geniuses went one step further and hid their own beer fridge! Once you’ve got a frosty beverage you can lean way back throw on a game cast and it’s like you’re there. Almost.