Our noble visitorsThe gallant victorsIt’s come to our notice that some bars (Ves­pa and Jet Bar to date) have barred pun­ters wear­ing rug­by jer­seys. We’d like to take this oppor­tu­ni­ty to both warn fans, par­tic­u­lar­ly out-of-town­ers, AND to express how much we think this sucks.

When the Barmy Army and the rest of the fol­low­ers hit Welling­ton we are expect­ing the ser­vice indus­try to open it’s doors with their nor­mal huge, “Come on in, have an awe­some time”.

We trust these were iso­lat­ed inci­dents, not a pol­i­cy and will not hap­pen again.

It won’t, will it Welling­ton bars?

If, as hap­pened to our sports cor­re­spon­dent on the vis­it to Christchurch, a bar stops you from enter­ing for the only rea­son that you’re wear­ing a rug­by jer­sey (of any colour) then sim­ply move on. There are plen­ty of oth­er bars in Welling­ton, don’t let the snooty ones get to ya.

Also, if you suf­fer from a rug­by-jer­sey-bar­ring inci­dent let us know and we’ll name-and-shame those con­cerned.