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Published March 24, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

Confession #2 the Tigers

The first AFL game of the season happened to feature my ‘new’ team.

I was driving home at the time (They were in front when I left my parents place) and got so excited that shocked myself by turning the radio on and listening to the game.

They won.  Smirk.

For all further football craze, head to the Wounded Tiger (because I sure don’t post about it much)

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Published February 15, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

Richmond

tigerslogo.jpgBefore I married Geoff, I followed the Essendon Bombers (Not very enthusiastically I must say), I never came close to getting a membership.

I’ve been to the actual footy maybe three times in my life now.

The other day Geoff, my fanatical Richmond Tigers following husband went bought me a membership. Me. For Richmond. I think it is to ensure that I come with him to games.

As a suburb I really quite like Richmond so maybe that’ll be my justification? Eh? I have to swap my red and black for yellow and black. I don’t really mind swapping loyalties, but a membership!?

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Published February 5, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

Regarding the Superbowl

As Greg so put it in his very Australian way:

So pretty much the little guys run like terriers and the big guys try to squash them.

I confess I wound up spending probably more time playing UNO Spin with their daughter Hannah-Kate than watching the first part. I did join in during the final quarter. Strange game. I could like it, if I knew the rules better. Some of it’s really quite ridiculous – particularly the Patriots losing.

In AFL (Aussie Rules Football) every player is lean and athletic. In NFL there seems to be all shapes – so long as you’ve got the exaggerated V happening before the shoulder pads go on.

But then, we don’t wear helmets, shoulder pads and leggings. To think of it, AFL is really quite Australian. Who cares.

Both games, as per most sports, incur rabid, fanatical viewers. Here I think is a universal thing.

On a totally different note. Poor Scott keeps getting his comments eaten by Askimet and I have to fish them out of the Comment Spam area. It’s just his posts, they don’t contain links and it is every single time. Shouldn’t Askimet/Wordpress learn? Any idea how I can fix this?

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