Friday, September 7, 2007

Live Rugby Blogging

Yo, these guys are gnarly!! Probably not any more than American football players, but you notice it more without the pads. Half of them have got ears that look like cauliflower bulbs, and there's not a whole lot of neck on display. As the announcer said, "Rugby, c'est une histoire d'Homme, avec un grand 'h'." (Rugby is about being a Man, with a big 'M'.) That said, they're all super-emotional. A bunch of them were holding back tears during the national anthems. Don't see that a lot on an NFL sideline.

Update 1: Halftime. Argentina's up 17-9. For anyone interested, I just found this simplified Rules of Rugby. It's really a brutal sport. Head's snapped back, people getting stomped on, and one guy left the field looking like Sissie Spacek in the last scene in Carrie. But somehow very sportsmanlike.

Update 2: Final score, Argentina 17, France 12. Pretty exciting match, but the French kept giving the ball away. This dude here came in for France as a replacement at the end of the match. Only in addition to looking like that, he had his game face on. That's where I'd be like, "Okay, guys, which one of you's gonna cover the caveman? Cuz it sure ain't gonna be me."

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