My First Aussie Rules game!
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006So yesterday i attended my first Aussie Rules game. I did it with a bit of hesitation as I have no clue what the rules are and shelling out $18.50 for something i knew nothing about wasn’t really in the budget. So i threw caution to the wind and purchased a ticket and walked in. I walked up to the third tier and perched myself in a standing room only section. It was so great to see all these people screaming and yelling over stuff happening in the game that i had no clue about. I could only imagine someone going to a Red Sox game for the first time and having no clue as to even what baseball was. Sitting there and seeing the two teams, and not knowing a single player on the team. Watching the people scream, yell, and boo over things that you didn’t know were going on. Could you imagine seeing Big Papi hit one over the fence and have no clue it was a homerun? That’s what i felt like. As the game pressed on i started chatting up an aussie guy who was kind enough to tell me the rules and also said that half the people in the stadium probably didn’t know what was going on either. The game itself is a pretty fast paced game and very physical. Mostly it’s just guys running around and trying to kick the ball on the run to a player on their team. If you kick it to a guy and he is within the 50 meter boundary surrounding the goal he get’s a kick to try to score a goal. I know that doesn’t really make sense but it was definitely a fun day. I’d have to say that Melbourne is a pretty nice city. It’s cold here and it does remind me a little bit of Boston. I’ve got two more days here before i head out. I’ll keep you updated…
Gagnonius