It's funny how it happened. I had run across bits here and there about the Maori and the haka. Not rugby. And I don't remember what got me to poking around YouTube but I ran across the All Blacks doing their haka and it was
so cool. And over time, just goofing around, I got to watching clips from games and it was way, way more interesting than our "football" (which always hit me as beer commercials interrupted by a few seconds of rampant violence). Over time, I got hooked. Fortunately, DirecTV over here carries the games. Though I am always behind since they record at, like, 2 in the morning here.
Heh. Pesky.
The games that got me really hooked are the ones against the Wallabies. I mean I know which side of the ditch (is that right?) I'm on but those are
good games. The Boks too come to think. The old Tri-nations (haven't seen enough of the Pumas to even begin to have an opinion).
Maybe I was born in the wrong country or something?
Interest over here is picking up they say. I know the AB Maori are coming over this year. Unfortunately, nowhere near me. <mutter>
(And when Richie snuck in, it was New York and he was trying to hide from people who wanted to talk rugby anyway.

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