saturday night we attended our first 'western force' rugby match in perth. jason got a membership for us this season, so we will be able to see all the home matches against teams from south africa, new zealand and queensland. this was my first time at a rugby match so i considered it to be somewhat of an educational evening as i carefully watched penalties called (it's sometimes hard to really see what they're for, though) and tries/drop goals/penalty kicks scored. i really enjoyed the whole experience, and whether it was accurate or not, i even found some parallels to characteristics of other games i know, like american football and soccer. the best part about the game was how it kept moving along without too much stopping, and in the sweltering summer heat, i appreciated that the whole thing was over in a short 1 1/2 hours! even though the force lost by 2 points to south africa's lions, it was a close match and kept everyone at the edge of our seats up to the very end! i also need to add here that this is now the 3rd place i have lived where the football (or now, rugby) team's main color is purple! minnesota vikings, baltimore ravens... now western force! is that a funny coincidence or what?!Monday, February 26, 2007
purple pride...again!
saturday night we attended our first 'western force' rugby match in perth. jason got a membership for us this season, so we will be able to see all the home matches against teams from south africa, new zealand and queensland. this was my first time at a rugby match so i considered it to be somewhat of an educational evening as i carefully watched penalties called (it's sometimes hard to really see what they're for, though) and tries/drop goals/penalty kicks scored. i really enjoyed the whole experience, and whether it was accurate or not, i even found some parallels to characteristics of other games i know, like american football and soccer. the best part about the game was how it kept moving along without too much stopping, and in the sweltering summer heat, i appreciated that the whole thing was over in a short 1 1/2 hours! even though the force lost by 2 points to south africa's lions, it was a close match and kept everyone at the edge of our seats up to the very end! i also need to add here that this is now the 3rd place i have lived where the football (or now, rugby) team's main color is purple! minnesota vikings, baltimore ravens... now western force! is that a funny coincidence or what?!
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Hey Anna,
It's good that you have Western Force purple pride, because there doesn't seem to be much left here for the Vikes in Minny. When you come back to these parts, you can get me up to speed with the ins an outs of Rugby.
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