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#Post#: 46348--------------------------------------------------
What am I watching?
By: bmb Date: April 6, 2022, 7:03 am
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As I have now been unceremoniously abandoned at the hotel I�m
watching sports in the hotel bar, as you do!!
Not a scooby what I am watching. I think possibly Aussie rules.
The pitch looks massive and is round. There�s 4 posts on
opposite sides, the middle 2 a bit taller than the outer 2.
Some of the lines are circular, some straight and some are
different colours. The ball is like a rugby ball 🏈. The
players are wearing sleeveless tops.
There seems to be referees everywhere! 3/4 on the pitch. Several
around the outside of the circle. Some are wearing shorts, some
trackie bottoms and by the posts there�s another one in a jacket
and baseball cap.
It�s bonkers, whatever it is and I�m pretty sure team ref has as
many members as the teams!!
#Post#: 46351--------------------------------------------------
Re: What am I watching?
By: Ashington46 Date: April 6, 2022, 8:58 am
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Definitely Aussie Rules and is a good game when you get to know
the Rules. If you don't know the Rules it can often resemble
'Legalised Thuggery' but it has a large following in Australia
and some very large capacity grounds.
#Post#: 46409--------------------------------------------------
Re: What am I watching?
By: Wollongong Ref Date: April 8, 2022, 11:33 pm
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It is indeed Australian rules.
3 Field umpires
4 Boundary Umpires and 2 goal umpires. Goal umpires will be in
long pants.
They have increased the umpires from 2 to 3 and boundary umpires
from 2 to 4 to reflect the increased speed of the match and
wanting officials to be closer to the action. Similar to Gaelic
football albeit the field shape, every know and then there is an
international series match between the AFL and GAA. Now that is
bonkers as it is played on a GAA field.
Play on a cricket oval. the SCG is the smallest ground the AFL
is played on.
Legalised thuggery is harsh.
#Post#: 46413--------------------------------------------------
Re: What am I watching?
By: ajb95 Date: April 9, 2022, 5:25 am
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[quote author=Wollongong Ref link=topic=3568.msg46409#msg46409
date=1649478827]
It is indeed Australian rules.
3 Field umpires
4 Boundary Umpires and 2 goal umpires. Goal umpires will be in
long pants.
They have increased the umpires from 2 to 3 and boundary umpires
from 2 to 4 to reflect the increased speed of the match and
wanting officials to be closer to the action. Similar to Gaelic
football albeit the field shape, every know and then there is an
international series match between the AFL and GAA. Now that is
bonkers as it is played on a GAA field.
Play on a cricket oval. the SCG is the smallest ground the AFL
is played on.
Legalised thuggery is harsh.
[/quote]
It's more exciting than American FOotball - what people see in
that is beyond me!
#Post#: 46419--------------------------------------------------
Re: What am I watching?
By: Ashington46 Date: April 9, 2022, 6:27 am
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[quote author=ajb95 link=topic=3568.msg46413#msg46413
date=1649499941]
[quote author=Wollongong Ref link=topic=3568.msg46409#msg46409
date=1649478827]
It is indeed Australian rules.
3 Field umpires
4 Boundary Umpires and 2 goal umpires. Goal umpires will be in
long pants.
They have increased the umpires from 2 to 3 and boundary umpires
from 2 to 4 to reflect the increased speed of the match and
wanting officials to be closer to the action. Similar to Gaelic
football albeit the field shape, every know and then there is an
international series match between the AFL and GAA. Now that is
bonkers as it is played on a GAA field.
Play on a cricket oval. the SCG is the smallest ground the AFL
is played on.
Legalised thuggery is harsh.
[/quote]
It's more exciting than American FOotball - what people see in
that is beyond me!
[/quote]
Wollongong ---I did qualify that by saying that if you didn't
know the Rules it could resemble "Legalised Thuggery" ---this
was a statement that a friend made a couple of years ago after
watching a game with me.
ajb95 ---strangely enough, I also enjoy American Football,
however, that came about because I watched many games at a much
lower level and got to know tactics etc. whilst in the RAF in
Germany for 8 years and spending a lot of time on USAFE bases
---there was nothing else to do, apart from 10-pin Bowling and
Iwanted to be outside.
#Post#: 46420--------------------------------------------------
Re: What am I watching?
By: bmb Date: April 9, 2022, 7:15 am
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Thank you! It kept me entertained while waiting until it was my
turn to travel home!
It was followed on BT sport by some car race, not a clue what
that was all about either!! It was ordinary looking cars, a few
were Skoda - biggish cars with a thingy on the boot. That didn't
keep me entertained!
#Post#: 48802--------------------------------------------------
Re: What am I watching?
By: flipmode Date: May 22, 2022, 10:18 pm
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[quote author=bmb link=topic=3568.msg46348#msg46348
date=1649246633]
As I have now been unceremoniously abandoned at the hotel I�m
watching sports in the hotel bar, as you do!!
Not a scooby what I am watching. I think possibly Aussie rules.
The pitch looks massive and is round. There�s 4 posts on
opposite sides, the middle 2 a bit taller than the outer 2.
Some of the lines are circular, some straight and some are
different colours. The ball is like a rugby ball 🏈. The
players are wearing sleeveless tops.
There seems to be referees everywhere! 3/4 on the pitch. Several
around the outside of the circle. Some are wearing shorts, some
trackie bottoms and by the posts there�s another one in a jacket
and baseball cap.
It�s bonkers, whatever it is and I�m pretty sure team ref has as
many members as the teams!!
[/quote]
Hands down the best sport you can ever watch live in any
Stadium. I watched a Sydney Swans vs Collingwood game at the SCG
a few years back, and it took me a fair while to understand what
was going on, but when I did, it was just sensational. A raucous
atmosphere and the fact you can have a beer at your seat made it
all the more interesting [emoji23]
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