La Vie en Curlsz Part One

Love #1: Well the rugby game was a life changing event! Maybe that's a little exaggerative but you get my point. I love Rugby - absolutely love it. Don't understand it but often we love what we don't understand (take the male species for example).

From what I could gather, the players form huddles called "scrums" - in which they circle around the ball and at some point the ball is knocked out of the scrum and someone takes possession - vague yes and wait there's more. Then if the ball is knocked out of bounds they throw it back in like in soccer, but this time they hold two of their players up in the air to catch the ball, all the while holding on to the bottom of their shorts. Quite entertaining indeed. Tackling does not stop the play - in fact it furthers the play - and is very encouraged.

It's quite an education - the short shorts, the language (every variation of f#&% you can think of and then some), the beer drinking by everyone including players and coaches, the hacking, huddling, short holding, face plants, fights that involve everyone even fans - did I mention the shorts?! At one point I saw someone stepping on someone else's face - by accident I am sure! ;->

Love #2: Sports photography! I love it, I love the challenge of taking the perfect shot - all the while trying to capture the beauty and artistic flare of the sport.

So I'm hooked - if you want to find me on the weekend come out to Burr field - I'm the girl with the camera. Girls you in??
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Rugby links: Austin Black's , Austin Huns, Photo's from the game