I finally got to go to a rugby game! UCD played Munster yesterday, and it was absolutely fantastic. I've never enjoyed watching football or baseball, but this was really entertaining, despite the fact that we didn't know the rules. It has some similarities to football, but as they say here, football is a gentleman's game compared to rugby. The medic was running around on that field as much as or more than the actual players--and they didn't stop playing when they were injured, just taped it up and kept on getting smashed. It also moved a lot faster than football; they'd be in a huge scrum, fighting over the ball, and then all of a sudden the ball would reappear twenty feet away! The coolest play, though, was this brilliant lift that they would do whenever the ball was thrown back in. They literally lifted each other up (kind of like a cheerleading move, actually) to catch the ball in the air.
UCD lost, but it was still an insanely fun day. Rugby fans are absolutely mad.
the big LIFT
number 11, mr. fancypants, striking his signature pose
scrum-ptious.
i've seen a rugby game here too, minus the fact that i was so high up in the stands and could not get so good of a view. love those shorts lol!
ReplyDelete