I must tell you about the Rugby Super 14, which is a tournament of professional rugby with teams from Australia, New Zealand, and ZA. Well, actually, I should note that as of last week it was only NZ and ZA (Sorry Ozzies, you may have the top cricket team but you didn’t quite make the grade in rugby this time around). And as of last week, the two semi-final games were played, and the two teams headed to the finals are both from ZA! Loftus Versveld, the local ball worship castle (rugby and soccer) is just down the street from our flat, so we got to see the tailgaters getting their braai on and heading to the match with the Blou Bulle (Blue Bulls) which are our local team and the Crusaders, a Kiwi side playing in one of the semi-final matches. The Sharks, from KZN (KwaZulu Natal) played the other semi-final match. Both of our teams won! Hurrah Blue Bulls, Hurrah Sharks! Whom to root for in the final? As you may have gleaned from the conspicuous absence of rugby news on this blog, I don’t really care! But folks at work will be having it out. Most of the locals are Blue Bulls fans, but there are a good number of Sharks fans around too. It will be a proud ZA final, and that’s all I care about. Okay, I favor the Blue Bulls, because they're more local, but the Sharks have a cooler brand IMHO
2 comments:
First Cricket and now Rugby?! Why do you hate America?
I gotta admit to a certain level of jealousy, those pictures surely don't do justice to the sites you are seeing.
Oh Ytnok, you ol' curmudgeon you! I've been following the Sox as well, (the Red ones, of course) but not really my bailiwick to blog about them, even if they are the best team in baseball right now.
My stance on cricket is this, until America has a team in the Cricket World Cup, I will support South Africa. In other words, FOREVER PROTEAS!
And yes, the resolution on the pix has been reduced to minimize memory on the blog. But you're skills are required here too, Ytnok! You must look into coming down yourself!
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