On Friday 27th March we got our first live experience of Aussie Rules aka 'footy'. It was only the second game of the 2009 season, it was under the lights of the famous MCG, an amazing 70,000 people turned up, and it was to be played between last years two grand finalists - it didn't disappoint!
As a sporting spectacle it was superb. We managed to figure out the rules quite easily and once we were in tune it was fantastic to watch. In a nutshell...the field is the size of the whole cricket oval, there are eighteen players per side on the pitch at once, each player averages well over 20km in four quarters of 25mins, it is 6 points between the centre posts, 1 point either side, you kick the ball to each other to gain a 'mark', and pass the ball by punching it to your teammates. Sound simple? Thought not!
As weird as it sounds, it's by far the most popular game in Victoria and one of the most popular in all of Australia. The MCG proved a great venue and the game finished with Hawthorn coming back from 50 points down in the 3rd quarter to narrowly lose by only 8 points at full time.
It was a great evening that started with a monster burger and a couple of beers before the game, and ended with a snooze on the train on the way home after a fantastic game of 'footy'!
As a sporting spectacle it was superb. We managed to figure out the rules quite easily and once we were in tune it was fantastic to watch. In a nutshell...the field is the size of the whole cricket oval, there are eighteen players per side on the pitch at once, each player averages well over 20km in four quarters of 25mins, it is 6 points between the centre posts, 1 point either side, you kick the ball to each other to gain a 'mark', and pass the ball by punching it to your teammates. Sound simple? Thought not!
As weird as it sounds, it's by far the most popular game in Victoria and one of the most popular in all of Australia. The MCG proved a great venue and the game finished with Hawthorn coming back from 50 points down in the 3rd quarter to narrowly lose by only 8 points at full time.
It was a great evening that started with a monster burger and a couple of beers before the game, and ended with a snooze on the train on the way home after a fantastic game of 'footy'!
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beers, and then a snooze , sounds awfully familiar.....I did the same after rugby a couple of weeks back. Must run in the family. Awesome boards x
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