Pete Will Be Proud!

What do you get when you take rugby and make it FIERCE?

That's right...Aussie Rules. This game, supposedly, predates American football and rugby. It's kind of like football, in that they run around a field trying to get a ball through the uprights and hit each other along the way...but it's more like Rugby, in that they don't wear pads, the field is bigger and oval shaped...Too much to explain.

I got a ticket through IEP (International Exchange Program)-the non-profit group that I came through-and could not believe my luck when my ticket found me on the FRONT row. I wish I could have gotten a better picture...because these don't do justice for how close we actually were!

Four of us that were sitting together got along famously (four rounds of Toohey's may have helped). Mark (Canada), Ryan (Canada), Me, and (an)Drew (America) chatted throughout the entire game...I didn't realize how quickly the time went by until the score was suddenly WAY, WAY more for us (and I suddenly needed to hit the restroom quite badly!).

Oh, did I mention the game was played at Olympic Park?!? It was amazing in itself!

Either way, the Sydney Swans beat the pants off the Western Australia Eagles!!!