This weekend we enjoyed a night out with friends watching the Melbourne Storm — currently first on the ladder — take on the 2nd place Brisbane Broncos. It was our first live rugby match and we loved every minute of it. The experience can be summed up as follows:
Learning the rules of the game
One small scuffle that was squashed before it could become an all-out brawl.
Very few hoaky mid-game marketing stunts…although there were cheerleaders and a mascot.
Ended after two seemingly short 45-minute halves. The clock doesn’t stop except in rare occasions unlike NFL (Gridiron, as they call it here) where it seems there is a TV timeout after nearly every play.
Really solid, large-necked, big-legged, strong-armed men running at each other with ungodly amounts of force and speed.
Un-adulterated brutality. Imagine NFL without the pads. So Brutal.
Great seats at a really cool venue, AAMI park, pronounced “Amy“.
Bundled up in our warm, hooded, winter jackets we felt like we were at a football game at home.
Yes, VICTORY for the Storm!
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