Now I've never been one to follow a sports team in my spare time (except for the stint at CSU where I had to go to about every football and basketball game - rain or shine - no questions asked). But since I've been down here I have become very fond of the Mighty Adelaide Crows. The Crows are one of the city's football teams. Not football like the Americans see it and not football as Europeans see it (aka soccer to the US) but football as the Australians see it.
The game is pretty tough to describe and I must admit that I do not understand all the rules - but the ball is shaped like a rugby ball, there are no pads or helmets, there is tackling, you can hit the ball to another teammate or you can kick the ball to one of your teammates (if you catch a ball that was kicked to you then you are "safe" and no one can tackle you). The ultimate objective is to kick the ball between two posts for 6 points, but if you miss and you make it between two posts which are a bit wider you get 1 point (just because you tried).
Anyway, my point is that Mark and I went to a Crows game and I have become a fan. It was finals month and the Crows made it to the quarter finals to get a penalty called in the last few seconds to loose. It was a sad, sad day.
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