AFL again

Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions and this time "we" (Sydney) won hurrah 96-69 the score was. Was a good game, and a gorgeous sunny day. We were in the Sydney Cricket Ground this time, which was a lot smaller and "cosier".

There were also dancing zebras before the match began for some unexplained reason, apart from so the crowd could win prizes.

This time I went with my new flatmates Helly and Mari. They know some guys in the reserves team so got some free tickets in the members area. How nice to be so well connected! They're from Finland (Reetta and Paula do you recognise them - Mari is from Lapland too! Such a small world).

AFL game Swans vs Eagles

I went to see the Sydney Swans play the West Coast Eagles in their first match since last season. It was a biggie coz last year the Swans lost to the Eagles by just 1 point in the final. AND....they lost by 1 point again this time too. Great game though. The players are giants. I didn't know much about the game, but its easy to pic up the few rules they have, and by the second half it got really exciting as the Eagles had a big lead but the swans managed to fight their way back. It's a two hour game split into 4 quarters and points are won by kicking the ball between two rugby-style posts (6 points), and there are two shorter poles on either side of the main posts which give you 1 point if the ball goes through them instead. The ball is passed either by throwing, drop-kicking or hitting it through your hand like you might in volleyball for an underarm serve. And you can't run more than 15 metres without passing or bouncing the ball. It was a funny experience too as every five minutes random people would run on to the pitch, either to hand out drinks to the players, or, (we assumed) to whisper tactics to players and save the manager's voice.