More football

While I’m trying to type up a blog on our Tahiti and Sydney adventures, this past Sunday we went to the AFL (Australain rules Football) game of the Western Bulldogs vs the Geelong Cats. I decided to cheer for Geelong since I refuse to cheer for any team with the mascot of a Bulldog…. Jason also agreed that was a good reason and he wore a FL Gators shirt and didn’t look like he was cheering for either team. I have to say that the game is quite interesting. It seemed like some weird cross between an action packed soccer game, a tackling US football game and a fighting, brawling hockey match. I can’t say that I completely understood the game – I got the basic premise but I am still having trouble on what constitutes a penalty or not (and first let me say that there doesn't seem to be much). But either way, the game was quite action packed, the fans were definitely spirited in their clothing and cheering and it was an all around great time. We had forgotten to bring the camera – but here’s a picture of the action from the AFL website.