This weekend I attended my first AFL game at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. I have attended a lot of sporting events in my life, and this was one of the best!
After a lot of research and thinking I settled on a team of the Carlton Blues, partly because there blue and white colours resemble those of another favourite team of mine (TML`s). On Saturday the Blues took on one of there greatest rivals the Essendon Bombers.
The game of Australian Football is pretty simple as far as rules go. 6 points for a goal within the 2 centre posts and 1 point for a goal within the outside posts. During the first quarter of the game I was still trying to learn and get adjusted to what the game was all about. But by the end I was able to cheer for all the good moves and maneuvers I saw coming. Aussie rules, is a full contact sport, and you`ve never seen men thrown around as hard as you do in this game. For those of you who care any further, here is a better description of the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
The crowd at the games is absolutely insane! Because the action never stops and goals are so often, the cheers for each team are constantly going back and forth. On Saturday 80 000 fans packed the stadium to cheer on the two teams.
Here is a small 2 minute taste of what the game was like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOn4968XBhI&feature=channel_video_title
All in all, I think my sport fix will be fulfilled by Aussie rules and the Carlton Blues over the next 10 months.
