A Sporting Saturday

this past saturday, a fellow Geelong supporter and i attended a footy finals (playoff) game between the Geelong Cats and the West Coast Eagles at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Grounds).  the cats dominated winning 117-69.  Geelong is moving on to face the Collingwood Magpies in the Grand Final this saturday. go Cats!!!!

Geelong vs. West Coast @ MCG

me and LT in our Geelong "jumpers"

following the footy game, we met LT for dinner and then headed over to AAMI Park to watch the Melbourne Storm take on the New Zealand Warriors in another finals match.  this time a rugby league match.

the cool things:

      -  the stadium.  it looks like a bunch of soccer balls mashed together and has lights on the outside which respond to crown noise on the inside.

      -  the New Zealand haka ritual performed pre-match by the Maori (original New Zealand settlers).

not so cool things:

      -  Melbourne, heavily favored to win ... lost 12-20.

      -  rugby league.

quick rugby lesson.  there is rugby union and rugby league.  rugby union is the world cup rugby currently being played in New Zealand.  there is strategy to rugby union.  rugby league is a ridiculous form of rugby played in the NRL.  there is no strategy whatsoever.  a team literally runs into the other team to be tackled 5 times and then kicks the ball to the other team.  hopefully at some point you cross the line for a "try" during the course of the game.  that is it.

Melbourne vs. New Zealand @ AAMI

an unfortunate update to a previous post, the Wallabies annihilated the US (67-5) in the rugby union world cup.  LT has to pay up on her bet.